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...least 10 agents behind the Iron Curtain and compromised more than 100 operations. The committee blasted the agency for its inability to investigate itself and properly recognize Ames' suspicious activities. The panel also criticized Director R. James Woolsey for his mild reprimands of those responsible for the botched probe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week October 30 - November 5 | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

...from 16 enlisted women. Among the charges: seven instructors demanded sex in exchange for passing grades. In addition, the women say they were victims of verbal harassment and groping during computer training sessions. The allegations cover a period of over a year and a half ending in September. The probe of the instructors -- all of whom served at least six years, "long enough to know better," a spokesman said -- only began after an officer heard about the incidents through a casual conversation with one accuser. BTW: The investigation's been slowed because of the 23 people allegedly involved, only four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NAVY . . . JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

...Probe...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Reeves Under Fir | 10/29/1994 | See Source »

...billion in risky oil and gas limited partnerships during the 1980s. But federal prosecutors, as expected, agreed to set the charges aside for three years if the company fulfils various obligations, including doubling a $330 million fund set up to reimburse investors. The upshot: a long criminal probe is now officially closed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRUDENTIAL . . . LOSING A BIG PIECE OF THE ROCK | 10/27/1994 | See Source »

...acceptance of DNA fingerprinting," Koshland says in his editorial. "Ink fingerprinting went through the same type of debate, with questions about whether more than one person could have the same print, whether there could be abuse by police, whether there would be care in sample taking, and so on."Probe and Run an Autoradlograph The membrane is soaked in a solution containing microscopic radioactive probes, which bind to speclife parts of the DNA molecule. The strands are then exposed on X-ray him. When the firm is developed, the strand with the probe attached shows up on the firm, leaving...

Author: By Kris J. Thiessen, | Title: Fingering Statistics On O.J.'s DNA | 10/25/1994 | See Source »

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