Word: suspicion
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...been enthusiastic about prosecuting anybody; police bitterly accuse him of negotiating far too many plea bargains. Dale Stange, just retired as a Boulder patrolman, says the D.A. has long been known to the police as "Alex Let's-Make-a-Deal Hunter." Carla Selby, a community activist, voices another suspicion: "There's a feeling that Alex is vulnerable to big money, that he is protecting the Ramseys"--who are very big money. John Ramsey is head of a computer-products distributor that racked up 1996 revenues of $1 billion...
...strongest suspicion, though, is that Hunter is partial not so much to the Ramseys as to their lawyers. Boulder, for all its academic eminence as the site of a University of Colorado campus and its reputation as a refuge for dropouts, is very much a small town where "all the lawyers are friends," says a retired judge. The Ramseys' legal team is headed by Hal Haddon--and if Hunter is a midsize fish in Colorado Democratic politics, Haddon is a whale. He was a close adviser to former Senator Gary Hart and a strong ally of Governor Roy Romer...
Chief of detectives John Eller is "the seed" of the conflict between the police and Hunter's office, according to the police source. Eller once even voiced suspicion that the D.A.'s office had tampered with police computers; the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) looked into the matter and dismissed it. No one questions that Eller is driving the investigation zealously, but there are whispers that he has become overwrought and erratic. Says a critic who knows him well: "He doesn't listen to the D.A.'s office. When they tell him you need more physical evidence or more searches...
...revealing any kind of attraction. The bewilderment persists as the King comments on Anna's gowns-Wait, maybe he is trying to put the moves on her-but nothing in Talmadge's face or demeanor comes close to demonstrating this. There is absolutely no buildup from their initial suspicion and dislike of one another to the King's basically groping Anna during a final dance sequence...
...something new comes up, I don't see much likelihood that this will lead to an independent counsel," he says. "No prosecutor would try a case as thin as this. The only reason is that she's a Clinton appointee. She might turn it over just to be above suspicion." Which could conceivably wind up vindicating Gore in the long run. But for a White House whose scandals seem to last forever, no long run could possibly be short enough...