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City Manager Robert W. Healy initiated a Cambridge-wide "sting" operation this week designed to nab liquor stores and bars who sell to minors...
Maybe the passing of time eased the emotional sting, but the disclosure still had a shocking impact. According to records released by a retired Russian army general, Dmitri Volkogonov, 119 Americans were held in camps as Soviet prisoners of war following World War II. Of this group, 18 died in custody (some by execution), several were interned for lengthy sentences, and others were eventually released, settling in Soviet territory. According to the general, none of the remaining Americans are currently being held against their will...
...know was that the encounter was being videotaped, allegedly by a BBC correspondent named David Taylor. The video was turned over to the FBI, but without any audio, it proved nothing. Nevertheless, agents heard rumors that Taylor was preparing to air or distribute the video. That sparked the FBI sting. "It created a real dilemma for us," says one law-enforcement official. Why? Because the feds thought the ensuing media bonfire would destroy all hope of testing Oberwetter's honesty and taint the bureau, which would be accused of foot dragging in the face of a second potential Watergate...
JUSTICE: The Sting That Failed...
...wedding?" Perot in fact admitted he had no proof, and White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater quickly compared him to someone who had "latched on to UFO theories." Perot does have a history of scenting conspiracies everywhere, and one of his suspicions seems to have inspired a questionable FBI sting. After Perot complained to Dallas police about an alleged Republican plot to wiretap him, Jim Oberwetter, head of President Bush's Texas campaign, was approached by an FBI agent posing as a cowboy. The agent offered to sell a tape of Perot phone conversations. Oberwetter spurned...