Word: probe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last week a Justice Department investigation into his tangled finances was under way, the press was nipping at his heels, and Meese, first bewildered and then combative, was asking that a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate "the misrepresentations and baseless charges" against him. The probe could take months, delaying and possibly dooming his confirmation...
...political problem as seen by Reagan aides was one of timing. An outside prosecutor could take five months or more to probe all the allegations against Meese. That would keep the controversy burning right up until election time. At the beginning of last week, Smith and Justice Department aides had started a preliminary investigation apparently limited to the Thomas loan. If no wrongdoing was evident, Meese could claim that he had been "cleared," obviating the appointment of a special prosecutor. Meese partisans assumed the nominee would then survive more grilling by the Judiciary Committee and win full Senate confirmation well...
...examined Meese's finances, "I do know that he had to make some pretty great economic sacrifices to come here and work for the Government." Reagan said that Meese would remain as his Counsellor until he was confirmed as Attorney General. After completing his required preliminary probe, Smith was expected to ask a panel of three judges to appoint a special prosecutor...
...opinion is shared by many local citizens. Asserts Hank Greenspun, the publisher of the Las Vegas Sun: "If you're a Nevadan, you're guilty until proved innocent." Federal investigators adamantly defend their actions. Nevada, says retired FBI Agent Joseph Yablonsky, u who headed the Claiborne probe, has too long operated like "a foreign protectorate ... We've had to plant the American flag in the desert...
...National Defense, "the probability that all its parts will be working at the same time goes down." Indeed, the reliability and firepower of modern U.S. military hardware depend heavily on increasingly complex electronic circuits. This worrisome vulnerability prompted Pentagon officials more than two years ago to launch an extensive probe of microchip suppliers in order to spot any lax manufacturing practices. Last week the inquiry produced an indictment against a major electronics company...