Word: probed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...careful, methodical reporting with which he approached his more traditional, acceptable Washington targets--from the Nixon Administration to the Supreme Court. Just as All the President's Men or The Breinren offered a window on tablesus, broader than the subject at hand, Woodward uses Belushi as a lever to probe the entertainment industry, and the portrait he paints is more terrifying even than the one we expected to see. Not only does Woodward not treat Belushi unfairly--one gets the impression that he is in fact rather sympathetic to him--but charges to this effect miss the point. Woodward...
Republicans sharply noted that the probe did not even determine precisely what briefing materials were involved. The two Republicans on the six-member panel refused to endorse the report, saying in their dissenting statement, "If we cannot ascertain exactly what was taken and who took it, then how can we determine what laws were broken?" Reagan remains fiercely loyal to Casey, an old friend. While he has maintained his characteristic detachment from the mini-scandals in his Administration, the President last week attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a new building at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., where he praised Casey...
...Schiavone company by Frank Smist Jr., 31, a University of Oklahoma student who is writing a doctoral dissertation on congressional investigations. Smist's air of naiveté apparently persuaded Ronald Schiavone, the company's chairman, and Theodore Geiser, its chief counsel, that Smist would consider the Donovan probes an example of investigative abuse. Accordingly, they asked the company's top detective, Robert Shortley, to turn his records over to Smist. Upon reading the papers, the graduate student was appalled by the company's espionage. Smist turned over the documents to the FBI, which has launched...
...brief to the appeals court last week, the Justice Department defended its probe. Despite the admissions and contradictions of top officials who were questioned, including CIA Director William Casey and White House Chief of Staff James Baker, the department argued that there is inadequate "specific" information to warrant a further investigation. Argues the appeals brief: "None of this amounts to a crime, or even indicates the time, place or manner of a potential crime...
Basic questions about the Carter papers remain unanswered: Was there an orchestrated effort by Reagan agents to penetrate the Carter campaign? Were documents illegally taken? A House subcommittee headed by Democratic Congressman Donald Albosta of Michigan is expected to report its conclusions this week. A new probe would be embarrassing to Reagan during a campaign year, when Democrats are accusing his Administration of "sleazy" conduct. In addition, an inquiry would further jeopardize the nomination of Edwin Meese as Attorney General, which is on hold while another special prosecutor, Jacob Stein, looks into allegations about Meese's finances...