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...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 a new probe into the activities of the Schiavone detectives...
...Shortley admitted to TIME that he did not realize that some confidential memos were stashed among the papers he gave Smist. Among them: a note to Geiser on June 1, 1982, in which Shortley reported, "I met with Ed Hickey on Sunday for several hours. One of the things we talked about was your 'If I were President letter.' " Hickey is a presidential assistant. In that letter Geiser explained that he wanted to advise Reagan what to say when asked about the Donovan case at press conferences. In another note to Schiavone, Shortley proposed "lunch with Ed Hickey...
...Shortley papers indicate that Donovan, despite his denials of knowing about the work of the Schiavone detectives, apparently had been in touch with the company's top investigator. Shortley noted that he had been assigned to "check out names Ray gave me and be prepared to discuss [at] dinner meeting on 3/22 or thereabouts." Donovan told TIME, through a spokesman, that he has never met Shortley, and did not give him any names of people to be checked...
...papers obtained by Smist show that one Schiavone detective, Robert Bermingham, was concerned about the legality of the company's snooping into grand jury proceedings. A memo to Shortley from Bermingham, dated June 21, 1982, warned that "a source in New York reported that Schiavone investigators in the New York area are risking becoming involved in obstruction of justice charges...
Shown copies of his papers by TIME last week, Shortley said, "Isn't that awful? I made a big mistake. I feel bad about it." He conceded that "I have lunch with Hickey all the time," but insisted, despite his notes to the contrary, "I never talked about strategy with...