Word: prosecutors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Richardson, who has been secretary of defense and under-secretary of H E W under President Nixon, resigned as attorney general last fall when Nixon ordered him to fire then-special Watergate' prosecutor Archibald Cox '34, Williston Professor...
...with "systematic, widespread corruption at all levels." The commission report said that the administration of Mayor Frank Rizzo, who rode to political power on his reputation as a tough police chief, had tried to block the investigation and, at the very least, was permissive toward police graft. A special prosecutor has been imported from New York...
...York City, Special Prosecutor Maurice Nadjari was appointed two years ago to police the city's entire criminal justice system. He has chalked up 85 indictments, including 33 against policemen ranking from lieutenant on down. Two weeks ago, he obtained an indictment against his fourth judge...
Another lesson is that even relatively clean departments are reluctant to police themselves vigorously. Thus the trend toward independent agencies. Citizens' commissions seem to be the most popular. But Philadelphia's and New York's special-prosecutor offices will soon be joined by a similar setup in Wisconsin. Because their sole justification is to uncover venality, the new bureaucracies are proving especially effective...
...forgotten; now he is often "turned" and used to trap higher-ups. The spread of uniformed informers is matched by the proliferation of bugs planted everywhere but inside badges. A blizzard of accountants and other financial sleuths now trace credit cards and checking accounts because, says Jonathan Goldstein, U.S. prosecutor for New Jersey, often "it's just a matter of finding the money...