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Jury gives Ford victory in Madison County asbestos ... - Madison County Record

Jurors in a rare Madison County asbestos trial handed a victory to the defendant, Ford Motor Company, after an hour and a half of deliberations on Friday. Attorneys for ... Ruckdeschel of the Ruckdeschel Law Firm of Maryland expressed his ...

Milton Tillman and Son Indicted in Bailbonds Conspiracy - Baltimore City Paper

Attorneys Office, politically connected ex-con Milton Tillman Jr ... District Court in Maryland today. Tillman Jr. has two prior convictions dating to the 1990s, one for attempted bribery and the other for tax evasion. The current indictment includes ...

Racketeering, drug trial opens for alleged gang member ... - Baltimore Sun

On trial are Richardson and co-defendant Gregory Saulsbury, who is accused of trafficking cocaine, crack and heroin to customers as a "high end" dealer, which allowed him to drive luxury cars as he made money hand over fist. Their attorneys said the ...

ANAPOL SCHWARTZ ATTORNEY SPEAKS AT PHILADELPHIA TRIAL ... - dBusinessNews.com

... Maryland (1978) and his law degree from Capital University Law School (1981). He currently resides in Gladwyne, Pa. Founded in 1977, Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C., is a civil justice law firm with more than 25 attorneys ...

State’s attorney’s offices will no longer schedule ... - Herald-Mail

... considered in Maryland ... trial dates. In the civil arena, no one would accept that, Riley said. “Opposing counsel is setting trial dates. I don’t think that appears fair,” she said. Because public defenders and other defense attorneys

Brower Piven Encourages Investors Who Have Losses in ... - MSN Money

The complaint alleges that, during the Class Period, defendant Palmin made positive statements regarding the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of the Company ... Corporation, 1925 Old Valley Road, Stevenson, Maryland 21153. Attorneys at Brower Piven ...

The Majority Leader of the Lawsuit Lobby - Article.nationalreview.com

... state plaintiffs’ firms, including asbestos firms in New York, Maryland ... Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Unsurprisingly, the bill ended up as a bonanza for the litigation industry, with provisions that enable state attorneys ...

Gansler faces fire on judicial elections bill - Maryland Daily Record

ANNAPOLIS — Several lawmakers Wednesday assailed a proposed constitutional amendment to end contested judicial elections in Maryland. The legislators said that forcing trial judges to ... Byzantine group” of local attorneys, he added.

Priest accused of sexually assaulting child collapses ... - Chicago Breaking News - Tribune

Attorneys were arguing a bond reduction motion when the Flores' Spanish ... That would allow him to post $20,000 cash bond and would enable him to enroll in a Maryland program that treats priests, nuns and other religious workers with psychiatric ...

Backlog of DNA testing stalls lab - Baltimore Sun

That pushed the case beyond Maryland's 180-day trial deadline, which can only be extended if a judge finds good cause ... And defense attorneys rarely think twice about DNA delays any longer if there is other evidence against their clients, said ...

Voting Question: I have small claims case on former roommate. She's counter claiming for Article 11 Sanctions? What is that?

This is long, but please read. I need help with this!!! Much appreciated if you read and respond! My former roommate only paid 2 months of rent when we signed together a lease agreement to rent this house for 1 year. The fourth month into it she stopped paying rent and utilities. I've paid the security deposit in full (she did not pay), the first month rent to move in (she did not pay,), and 2 other months she did not pay. She only paid for May and June. We moved in the month of April. The landlord threatened eviction, but I was allowed to stay because I was paying my share of the lease every time. We had an agreement she pay half of rent and half of utilities I put in a separate contract we both signed. She was forced to leave voluntarily to avoid us eviction granted I was able to stay living on premises and not her. I'm taking her to court for collection of the months she did not pay as agreed and it's on 3/19. I have all the proof to prove the case. She sent me a letter that I received yesterday stating if I do not drop the case today, she is counter claiming a law suit against me for Article 11 Sanctions that could potentially cause criminal prosecution against me. She's also suing me for lost wages attempting to collect two round trips up to the court for our trial date, employer lost wages that day, hotel lodging fees, her money she spent on her certified letters to me, and court fees. She said her counter claim suit will cause delay in our set trial date on 3/19. She has not processed this yet, but I thought you cannot change trial dates? She just cannot make up trial dates scheduled and change them right? Court house does right? Well, I went through channels of the court house yesterday and spoke to a state attorney. He said after he did digging, Article 11 Sanctions means someone acting in bad faith by making untrue court proceedings on someone, that is what she is suing me for. Is this right? He also said this does not at all include criminal prosecution. It would be just a fine if I was found guilty and more than likely it would not pass the judge in her favor. If it helps, I live in state of Maryland.I would not bother with this trial and waste the courts time if I did not have the proof! more

Resolved Question: What are my legal options against a police officer who arrested my son and lied in court?

I will try to be brief: While my son and I were visiting his high school this summer for a meeting with the football coach and guidance office, a police detective approached us. The detective asked if I could bring my son to police headquarters to discuss an incident that occurred on July 4th. We immediately went to police headquarters and talked to the detective outside, He asked if he could speak with my son alone, for which I objected. He then stated that my son was NOT under suspicion for ANY crimes, and was simply seeking information about a July 4th incident. My son indicated that he didn't know what occurred on July 4th and couldn't offer any information. The detective was insistent about speaking with my son alone. I objected, but my 17 yr old son offered to speak to the detective alone, since he didn't have anything to hide. Well, what resulted from this was my son being photographed and fingerprinted against his will. My son told me what happened, and I immediately requested answers from the detective. Two days later, the detective called my home and requested that my son return to the police department for more questions. When I told him I would not bring him back, on the advice of our attorney, the detective informed me that my son was going to be arrested for a crime that occurred on July 20th. The evidence used to make the arrest was the photograph the detective took of my son two days prior. Please note, my son had a clear record prior to this arrest. My son had to endure weeks in a juvenile detention center before we could go to trial. Unknown to the detective, the following facts existed: 1) My family returned home from a two week vacation on July 19, and I was able to account for my son's movements for the entire day on July 20. 2) The police report and the victim's statement indicated that the person who committed the crime has a close cut hair style. On July 20th my son had long twisted hair about 8 inches long. I provided video and photographs from a wedding my family attended on July 18 some 500 miles away. My son cut his hair five days prior to meeting the detective because he was getting ready for football season. 3) During the time of the incident he was charged with, he was on his Facebook account chatting with numerous friends. This information was provided at trial by certified records from Facebook. To sum this up, my son's trial showed how the detective lied on numerous occasions. His testimony at trial didn't match his written statement or the testimony of the victim. The victim and the detective called each other liars during the trial. Thankfully, the trial judge found the detective's actions were deceitful and not creditable, and my son was found not involved in the crime. My wife and I want to seek legal action against the detective, as my son lost over four weeks of school as a result of being in a juvenile detention center; missed out on his football season (my son is among the Top 5 sprinters in the state of Maryland); and was a mental and financial drain for us. Can we do anything? Thank youFor the person who insist the information I provided is false, my son's case number is JA-09-1414 in the state of Maryland. Everything I stated in my question can be substantiated. I posted my question in the hopes that I can obtain useful information as to my next course of action.To answer the question as to why I went to the police station and let the detective speak to my son: Because I feared the police/detective would have simply picked my son up at some later point and taken him to the police station and called me after the fact. I felt I was cooperating fully, and since my son assured me he was not involved in anythig, we had nothing to worry about.Order of Events: 8/10/09 - Date when my son & I went to high school, was approached by the detective, and when my son spoke with the detective. Detective was waiting at the school. Per his testimony at trial, he contacted the school ahead of time and the school informed him that my son and I were going to be there. 8/12/09 - Date my son was arrested. 8/13/09 - My son was detained and sent to juvenile detention center to await merit hearing (trial). 9/8/09 - Original date of trial. Trial was postponed until October 13 to allow our attorney to obtain records from Facebook. 9/1509 - My son was released from juvenile detention center under Electronic Monitoring. Merits Hearing (Trial) is again postponed until 11/5/09 to allow Facebook time to produce Certified Records of my son's account. 11/509 - Merit Hearing (Trial). My son was found Not Involved (Not Guilty) of all counts. Judge also reprimanded detective for his conduct in handling this case.Other Dates: 7/4/09 - During the July 4th fireworks celebration in our town, a young man was robbed of his skateboard. My son was at the celebration with his girlfriend, and the person accused of the robbery was a former friend of my son. This was the reason the detective claimed why he wanted to talk to my son. 7/20/09 - A person was assualted and robbed of his cellphone by a group of young men in the same area as the skateboard incident. Based on the testimony of the detective, he believed my son was involved because of his past friendships. When my son spoke to the detective on 8/10/09, he was never asked about the incident on 7/20/09. His entire written statement was one paragraph that stated he had no knowledge of what happened on 7/4/09. The detective showed the victim a picture of my son on 8/11/09, and the victim indicated my son "could have been" one of the people who attacked him and stole his cell phone. This was the detective's basis for arresting my son.The importance of the hairstyle is that my son's hair was about 7-8 inches long, styled in a twist. The victim's police statement indicated the attacker had a short, close cut hairstyle. My son cut his hair on 8/5/09, 16 days after the incident, because he was getting ready for football season, and he couldn't afford paying $50 every three weeks to have his hair styled. The Facebook records were critical because it showed my son was home with me at the time, and was on his computer. Our attorney need to show it was impossible to be at the crime scene, which was three miles from my home, and on his computer chatting with friends.As for the detective lying: During the trial, detective indicated that he went to the victim's home to show him photos of possible suspects. However, the victim testified he went to the police station and looked at some photo books. On 8/11/09, the detective showed him a photo of my son and said "he believes we have the right guy". At that time he picked the photo of my son. All of this is on record and part of the trial testimony. Also, when I arrived at the police station with my son, I asked the detective if I need to have my attorney here, or if my son was under suspicion for anything. He said "no". But he testified that he informed me my son was a suspect. This was challenged during cross examination, and he eventually recanted some of his previous testimony, where he "assumed" I was informed of the information. more

Resolved Question: Important Legal Question Concerning Abusive Ex -- Please Help?

Warning: I'm sorry. This may be a bit long. I'll try to remain as concise as possible. I recently ended a highly abusive, long-term relationship with my ex-fiance who continues to terrorize me. He has not physically harmed me, but has nontheless damaged me more brutally than any wound could. His tactics have employed manipulation, isolating me from my family and friends, degrading and humiliating me in private, controlling my finances, destroying my self-esteem, blaming me for his setbacks, baiting and switching, dangling the idea of marriage, etc. About a year ago, following an unfortunate event that left my then-fiance arrested and detained a week after the birth of our child, my newborn and I were forced to move in with my mother. With her financial assistance, I was able to both secure an attorney, and [unwisely] post bail for him. After his return, his behaviour toward me became much more abrasive than before, yet I refrained from ending things seeing as he had an impending trial and no place to go. About a year later (this summer) his behaviour and regard toward me became far worse, causing me to ultimately end our relationship for the sake of my sanity and for my child. Unfortunately, he now refuses to leave my mother's home where I'm being oppressed and held hostage. I have not been granted a peace order seeing as he has never physically harmed me (and won't, knowing that the evidence will lead back to him). He has called the police on my mother for none other than her asking him to evacuate her home. She was told to file an eviction, which she cannot due seeing that the house is rented and not owned by her. Further, he's been suddenly and manipulatively assisting our landlord with chores to win favor and keep himself from being evicted. His behaviour is absurd. He does not work nor financially contribute to either rent, utilities, or food. He engages in porn, spends much of his time on sexual encounter sites meeting women and chatting with them, tying up the phone line as well as having women call my house at absurd hours, and leaving at all hours and returning to play with and kiss my child after whatever activities he has engaged in. He lives in my mother's living room, which has become filthy. He ravenously devours groceries that are purchased for myself, my mother, and child, then hoards his own food in his room. I have written an eviction notice and sent it to him via certified mail, but he's conveniently missed it's delivery and refuses to pick it up from the post office. He's been asked from months since our breakup to leave, but won't, feeling entitled to whatever I have that he feels he should be able to share. This person (who's controlled my every paycheck, who's left me to walk six miles in December to and from work pregnant) has even manipulated a female police officer to chide me for living with my mother and not "being a women", and threaten that if any of us called the police again, the entire household would be arrested and my daughter taken to foster care. I live in Maryland. I'm a financially-spent student with no money to relocate and no shelter that will take me in for lack of being beat up. I have tried Legal Aid, The House of Ruth, PrePaid Legal Services, Women's Law, Turnaround...and virtually NO ONE has been able to help me. Can you think of a stone I haven't upturned? A solution that might be feasible that I may not have explored? A resource? An attorney you know? Anything. I deeply appreciate all of your help. Many thanks.Thanks for answering. Angel... I would very much like to leave, but cannot. I haven't the finances to relocate, and probably won't for some time. Jordan... I understand your anger. I've been receiving alot of it. I do realize how unwise it was to bail him out, but what he was arrested for had nothing to do with me. His charges were completely unrelated to our domestic issues. And being a frantic young woman whose fiance was arrested five days after the birth of her child, my decisions weren't very rational at that time. I realize that at this point, I need to stop crucifying myself for loving with the wrong person, and find a way out. I owe it to my kid. I'm just honestly looking for help. I don't know what else to do. more

Resolved Question: Tell me what u guys think of this, sorry but i copy & pasted

Neighborly Ties Gone to the Dogs Woman Arrested, Shackled After Pets Walk in Nearby Yard Linda Johnson, arrested for walking her two miniature poodles in the yard of a state trooper. Ollie is the Black poodle and Hershey is the brown poodle. (Courtesy Of Linda Johnson - Courtesy of Linda Johnson) Poll TOOLBOX Resize Print E-mail Yahoo! BuzzSave/Share DiggNewsvinedel.icio.usStumble It!RedditFacebookmyspace COMMENT washingtonpost.com readers have posted 125 comments about this item. View All Comments » POST A COMMENT You must be logged in to leave a comment. Log in | Register Why Do I Have to Log In Again? Log In Again? CLOSEWe've made some updates to washingtonpost.com's Groups, MyPost and comment pages. We need you to verify your MyPost ID by logging in before you can post to the new pages. We apologize for the inconvenience. Discussion PolicyYour browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSEComments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging» Links to this article By Matt Zapotosky Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 11, 2008; Page B01 Linda Johnson admits that her two miniature poodles, Ollie and Hershey, sometimes trotted into her neighbor's yard during their morning and afternoon walks. It is possible that once or twice, the two brown and black fur balls even peed in the grass, she said. But that, she said, was no reason to have her arrested, shackled and charged with trespassing, all based on accusations by her Calvert County neighbors, a Maryland State Police sergeant and his wife. "What's even crazier is the state's attorney is actually going to prosecute me in court for this," said Johnson, 47, who is awaiting trial this month on the charges filed in May. "They're sniffing along the grass, walking on the grass, because that's where the dogs want to walk." The case of Maryland v. Linda May Johnson is a classic tale of suburban strife, pitting dog walker against homeowner, neighbor against neighbor on a contentious issue that roils communities across the region. Compounding the squabble is Johnson's claim that her neighbors' German shepherd attacked her poodles and 8-year-old son. The neighbors, James and Jennifer Barth, did not return repeated phone calls seeking comment. In court documents, Jennifer Barth accuses Johnson of repeatedly walking Ollie and Hershey into her yard, over her objections, and allowing them to pee and poop. The state police commander present during Johnson's arrest defended his troopers' actions. He said Johnson herself frequently strolled on the Barths' yard and ignored one simple request: Walk on the other side of the street. "I felt it was the appropriate thing to do," said 1st Sgt. Stewart Cumbo of the state police barrack in Prince Frederick. "If anything, I was more surprised with her conduct to continue to allow her dogs to trespass on this property after she had agreed to cease and desist." Those involved say tension between the Barths and the Johnsons turned into an all-out dogfight several months ago, when Johnson called animal control to report a dog attacking her poodles and son. In court documents, Jennifer Barth wrote that her dogs were inside during the "supposed incident," but she acknowledged that Johnson's call to animal control was the first of many problems between them. "From this point forward, she began to constantly walk the dogs in our yard," Jennifer Barth wrote in an application for a protective order against Johnson. That temporary order, obtained after Johnson's arrest, was dismissed when Jennifer Barth, 35, did not attend a court hearing to finalize it. "I would tell her to get the dogs out of the yard, always hearing the same responses -- It is not your yard, stating we are harassing her, Yelling obscenities, giving visual obscenities, etc.," Jennifer Barth wrote. "The dog walking was/is an almost every day event." Johnson, who has since moved to New Hampshire for reasons unrelated to her arrest, acknowledged getting into heated arguments with Jennifer Barth and her 15-year-old daughter. But the arguments, she said, were initiated by Jennifer Barth, who would bellow at her every time the dogs walked onto her lawn. come on i know it's a litle bit long but come on i know its not like u dont have time to read this othere wise u wouldent be here more

Resolved Question: GiftHouse.us.com? and Bullseye Marketing, Inc.?

Whoa! Stay away from these "free trial, free product" ads. For the first time in 10 years I clicked on the "Victoria Secret Free Fit Flop" pretty pink yahoo.ad. Clicking the pretty pink sent me to GiftHouse.us.com...learn from me and avoid these sites. Had to install new (additional) Spam Software, Had to cancel and reissue my visa card...the whole damn mess. As expected, there is no Cust. Service Tel.# for GiftHouse.us.com and their contracted site Bullseye Marketing, Inc. GOOD NEWS IS, I have found Maryland State Attorney General Filings against this internet company who rides on the back on Bullseye Marketing, Inc. I'm searching for IP addresses in order to forward to the State of Washington Attorney Generals office. Any help is appreciated. more

Resolved Question: Is Moral high ground coming back into the White House?

Officials familiar with the agenda of the Friday meeting said Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Peter Pace were expected to attend. It was not immediately clear if the meeting would result in a final recommendation to Bush. Previous plans to close Guantanamo have run into resistance from Cheney, Gonzales and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. But officials said the new suggestion is gaining momentum with at least tacit support from the State and Homeland Security departments, the Pentagon, and the Intelligence directorate. Cheney's office and the Justice Department have been dead set against the step, arguing that moving "unlawful" enemy combatant suspects to the U.S. would give them undeserved legal rights. They could still block the proposal, but pressure to close Guantanamo has been building since a Supreme Court decision last year that found a previous system for prosecuting enemy combatants illegal. Recent rulings by military judges threw out charges against two terrorism suspects under a new tribunal scheme. Those decisions have dealt a blow to the administration's efforts to begin prosecuting dozens of Guantanamo detainees regarded as the nation's most dangerous terror suspects. In Congress, recently introduced legislation would require Guantanamo's closure. One measure would designate Fort Leavenworth as the new detention facility. Another bill would grant new rights to those held at Guantanamo Bay, including access to lawyers regardless of whether the prisoners are put on trial. Still another would allow detainees to protest their detentions in federal court, something they are now denied. Gates, who took over the Pentagon after Rumsfeld was forced out last year, has said Congress and the administration should work together to allow the U.S. to permanently imprison some of the more dangerous Guantanamo Bay detainees elsewhere so the facility can be closed. Military officials told Congress this month that the prison at Fort Leavenworth has 70 open beds and that the brig at a naval base in Charleston, S.C., has space for an additional 100 prisoners. The Guantanamo Bay prison, where some 380 alleged terrorists are now detained, has been a flash point for criticism of the Bush administration at home and abroad. It was set up in 2002 to house terror suspects captured in military operations, mostly in Afghanistan. Because the facility is in Cuba, the administration has argued that detainees there are not covered by rights and protections afforded to those in U.S. prisons. Human rights advocates and foreign leaders have repeatedly called for its closure, and the prison is regarded by many as proof of U.S. double standards on fundamental freedoms in the war on terrorism. Some of the detainees come from countries that are U.S. allies, including Britain, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Each of those governments raised complaints about the conditions or duration of detentions, or about the possibility that detainees might face death sentences. Rice has said she would like to see Guantanamo closed if a safe alternative could be found. She said during a trip to Spain this month that "the United States doesn't have any desire to be the world's jailer." "I don't think anyone wants to see Guantanamo open one day longer than it is needed. But I also suspect nobody wants to see a number of dangerous people simply released out onto the streets," she said. On Thursday, two Democratic lawmakers, Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida and Sen. Benjamin Cardin of Maryland, told a human rights commission that Guantanamo must be closed if the United States is to regain credibility and authority on human rights. "The damage done to the United States goes beyond undermining our status as a global leader on human rights," Cardin said. "Our policies and practices regarding Guantanamo and other aspects of our detainee policies have undermined our authority to engage in the effective counter-terrorism measures that are necessary for the very security of this country." Officials say that Bush, who also has said he wants to close the facility as soon as possible, is keenly aware of its shortcomings. His wife, Laura, and mother, Barbara, along with Rice and longtime adviser Karen Hughes, head of the public diplomacy office at the State Department, have told him that Guantanamo is a blot on the U.S. record abroad, particularly in the Muslim world and among European allies. Bush has said the United States first has to determine what to do with the detainees there. The administration says some countries have refused to accept terror suspects from their territory. Earlier this month, former Secretary of State Colin Powell called for the immediate closure of the prison, saying it posed an untenable foreign policy risk and was irreparably harming the U.S. image abroad. more

Resolved Question: Was the Reagan Administration the most corrupt ever?

Ronald Reagan's Criminal Administration: "By the end of his term, 138 Reagan administration officials had been convicted, had been indicted, or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations. In terms of number of officials involved, the record of his administration was the worst ever." James Watt, Reagan's Secretary of the Interior was indicted on 41 felony counts for using connections at the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help his private clients seek federal funds for housing projects in Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Watt conceded that he had received $500,000 from clients who were granted very favorable housing contracts after he had intervened on their behalf. In testifying before a House committee Watt said: "That's what they offered and it sounded like a lot of money to me, and we settled on it." Watt was eventually sentenced to five years in prison and 500 hours of community service. Although not convicted, Edwin Meese III, resigned as Reagan's Attorney General after having been the subject of investigations by the United States Office of the Independent Counsel on two occasions (Wedtech and Iran-Contra), during the 3 short years he was in office. E. Bob Wallach, close friend and law classmate of Attorney General Edwin Meese, was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $250,000 in connection with the Wedtech influence-peddling scandal. Lyn Nofziger--Convicted on charges of illegal lobbying of White House in Wedtech scandal. Michael Deaver received three years' probation and was fined one hundred thousand dollars after being convicted for lying to a congressional subcommittee and a federal grand jury about his lobbying activities after leaving the White House. The Iran-Contra scandal. In June, 1984, at a National Security Council meeting, CIA Director Casey urged President Reagan to seek third-party aid for the Nicaraguan contras. Secretary of State Schultz warned that it would be an "impeachable offense" if the U.S. government acted as conduit for such secret funding. But that didn't stop them. That same day, Oliver North was seeking third-party aid for the contras. But Reagan, the "teflon President" avoided serious charges or impeachment. Casper Weinberger was Secretary of Defense during Iran-Contra. In June 1992 he was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of concealing from congressional investigators and prosecutors thousands of pages of his handwritten notes. The personal memoirs taken during high level meetings, detailed events in 1985 and 1986 involving the Iran-Contra affair. Weinberger claimed he was being unfairly prosecuted because he would not provide information incriminating Ronald Reagan. Weinberger was scheduled to go on trial January 5, 1993, where the contents of his notes would have come to light and may have implicated other, unindicted conspirators. While Weinberger was never directly linked to the covert operations phase of the Iran-Contra affair, he is believed to have been involved in the cover-up of the ensuing scandal. According to Special Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh, Weinberger's notes contain evidence of a conspiracy among the highest ranking Reagan Administration officials to lie to congress and the American public. Some of the notes are believed to have evidence against then Vice-President George Bush who pardoned Weinberger to keep him from going to trial. Raymond Donovan, Secretary of Labor indicted for defrauding the New York City Transit Authority of $7.4. million. { Republicans will point out that Donovan was acquitted. And that really matters in Donovan's case, because he was a Republican. But it didn't matter for Clinton or any of his cabinet, most all of whom were acquitted, because they were Democrats!} Elliott Abrams was appointed by President Reagan in 1985 to head the State Department's Latin American Bureau. He was closely linked with ex-White House aide Lt. Col. Oliver North's covert movement to aid the Contras. Working for North, Abrams coordinated inter-agency support for the contras and helped solicit illegal funding from foreign powers as well as domestic contributors. Abrams agreed to cooperate with Iran-Contra investigators and pled guilty to two charges reduced to misdemeanors. He was sentenced in 1991 to two years probation and 100 hours of community service but was pardoned by President George Bush. Robert C. McFarlane was appointed Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor in October 1983 and become well-known as a champion of the MX missile program in his role as White House liaison to congress. In 1984, Mc Farlane initiated the review of U.S. policy towards Iran that led directly to the arms for hostages deal. He also supervised early National Security Council efforts to support the Contras. Shortly after the Iran-Contra scandal was revealed in early 1987, McFarlane took an overdose of the tranquilizer Valium in an attempt to end his life. In his own words: "What really drove me to despair was a sense of having failed the country." McFarlane pled guilty to four misdemeanors and was sentenced to two years probation and 200 hours of community service. He was also fined $20,000. He received a blanket pardon from President George Bush. Oliver North--Convicted of falsifying and destroying documents, accepting an illegal gratuity, and aiding and abetting the obstruction of Congress. Conviction overturned on appeal due to legal technicalities. John Poindexter, Reagan's national security advisor, --guilty of five criminal counts involving conspiracy to mislead Congress, obstructing congressional inquiries, lying to lawmakers, used "high national security" to mask deceit and wrong-doing. Richard Secord pleaded guilty to a felony charge of lying to Congress over Iran-Contra. Alan D. Fiers was the Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's Central American Task Force. Fiers pled guilty in 1991 to two counts of withholding information from congress about Oliver North's activities and the diversion of Iran arms sale money to aid the Contras. He was sentenced to one year of probation and 100 hours of community service. Fiers agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for having his felonies reduced to misdemeanors and his testimony gave a boost to the long standing criminal investigation of Lawrence Walsh, Special Prosecutor. Fiers testified that he and three CIA colleagues knew by mid-1986 that profits from the TOW and HAWK missile sales to Iran were being diverted to the Contras months before it became public knowledge. Alan Fiers received a blanket pardon for his crimes from President Bush. Clair George was Chief of the CIA's Division of Covert Operations under President Reagan. In August 1992 a hung jury led U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth to declare a mistrial in the case of Clair George who was accused of concealing from Congress his knowledge of the Iran-Contra affair. George had been named by Alan Fiers when Fiers turned state's evidence for Lawrence Walsh's investigation. In a second trial on charges of perjury, false statements and obstruction of justice, George was convicted of lying to two congressional committees in 1986. George faced a maximum five year federal prison sentence and a $20,000 fine for each of the two convictions. Jurors cleared George of five other charges including two counts of lying to a federal grand jury. Those charges would have carried a mandatory 10 months in prison upon conviction. Clair George received a blanket pardon for his crimes from President George Bush. Duane R. (Dewey) Clarridge was head of the CIA's Western European Division under President Reagan. He was indicted on November 29, 1991 for lying to congress and to the Tower Commission that investigated Iran- Contra. Clarridge was charged with five counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements for covering up his knowledge of a November 25, 1985 shipment of HAWK missiles to Iran. Clarridge was also suspected of diverting to the Contras weapons that were originally intended for the Afghan mujahaddeen guerrillas. Clarridge received a blanket pardon for his crimes on Christmas Eve 1992 from President George Bush. Environmental Protection Agency's favoritism toward polluters. Assistant administrator unduly influenced by chemical industry lobbyists. Another administrator resigned after pressuring employees to tone down a critical report on a chemical company accused of illegal pollution in Michigan. The deputy chief of federal activities was accused of compiling an interagency "hit" or "enemies" list, like those kept in the Nixon Watergate period, singling out career employees to be hired, fired or promoted according to political beliefs. Anne Gorscuh Burford resigned amid accusations she politically manipulated the Superfund money. Rita Lavelle was fired after accusing a senior EPA official of "systematically alienating the business community." She was later indicted, tried and convicted of lying to Congress and served three months of a six-month prison sentence. After an extensive investigation, in August 1984, a House of Representatives subcommittee concluded that top-level EPA appointees by Reagan for three years "violated their public trust by disregarding the public health and the environment, manipulating the Superfund program for political purposes, engaging in unethical conduct and participating in other abuses.". Neglected nuclear safety. A critical situation involving nuclear safety had been allowed to develop during the Reagan era. Immense sums, estimated at 200 billion or more, would be required in the 1990s to replace and make safe America's neglected, aging, deteriorating, and dangerous nuclear facilities. Savings & Loan Bail-out. Hundreds of billions of dollars were needed to bail out savings and loan institutions that either had failed during the deregulation frenzy of the eighties or were in danger of bankruptcy. Reckless airline deregulation. Deregulation of airline industry took too broad a sweep, endangering public safety. Additionally: Richard Allen, National Security adviser resigned amid controversy over an honorarium he received for arranging an interview with Nancy Reagan. Richard Beggs, chief administrator at NASA was indicted for defrauding the government while an executive at General Dynamics. Guy Flake, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, resigned after allegations of a conflict of interest in contract negotiations. Louis Glutfrida, Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency resigned amid allegations of misuses of government property. Edwin Gray, Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank was charged with illegally repaying himself and his wife $26,000 in travel costs. Max Hugel, CIA chief of covert operations who resigned after allegations of fraudulent financial dealings. Carlos Campbell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce resigned over charges of awarding federal grants to his personal friends' firms. John Fedders, chief of enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission resigned over charges of beating his wife. Arthur Hayes, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration resigned over illegal travel reimbursements. J. Lynn Helms, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration resigned over a grand jury investigation of illegal business activities. Marjory Mecklenburg, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources resigned over irregularities on her travel vouchers. Robert Nimmo, head of the Veterans Administration resigned when a report criticized him for improper use of government funds. J. William Petro, U.S. Attorney fired and fined for tipping off an acquaintance about a forthcoming Grand Jury investigation. Thomas C. Reed, White House counselor and National Security Council adviser resigned and paid a $427,000 fine for stock market insider trading. Emanuel Savas, Assistant Secretary of HUD resigned over assigning staff members to work on government time on a book that guilty to expense account fraud and accepting kickbacks on government contracts. Charles Wick, Director of the U.S. Information Agency investigated for taping conversations with public officials without their approval. more

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