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It's a pity it should come to secrecy

To leak or not to leak, that is the question.

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Spitzer Said to Seek Review of Bruno’s State-Paid Travel

Gov. Eliot Spitzer is likely to ask state investigators to scrutinize a series of taxpayer-financed helicopter flights and car rides taken by the Senate majority leader, Joseph L. Bruno, and his staff, The New York Times reported Monday.

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Allied Capital Settles S.E.C. Inquiry

Allied Capital, a business development company, said Wednesday that it had settled a four-year investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into its valuation practices, Reuters reported.

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Judge Orders Libby Jailed During Appeal

A federal judge on Thursday ordered I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to report to prison while his attorneys appeal his perjury and obstruction convictions, reported CNN.

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Fundraiser Pleads Guilty in Lobby Probe

Italia Federici, an ally of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty Friday to tax evasion and obstructing a Senate investigation into the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, The Associated Press reported.

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Environmentalist Cuts Deal in Abramoff Probe

The woman who allegedly acted as liaison between the deputy secretary of the Interior and disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been criminally charged with tax evasion and obstruction of a Senate investigation, NBC News reported Thursday.

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Nigeria: U.N. Investigator Discovers Horrible Atrocities in Police Cells

The United Nations' top torture investigator Manfred Nowak has discovered the worst violations of human rights he has ever seen in Nigerian police cells.

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White House: Officials Investigating Iranians Detained in Iraq

The White House says the detention in Baghdad of several Iranians suspected of inciting attacks against Iraqi troops validates the U.S. claim of Iranian meddling in Iraq.

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Italian Police Arrest Key Figure in British-Russian Spy Probe

Police in southern Italy have arrested a contact of the dead former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

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Russia: The KGB's Post-Soviet 'Commercialization'

Russia today is honoring workers in the state security agencies -- a professional holiday better known by its Soviet-era appellation, "Chekists' Day" -- as the legacy of the KGB grows increasingly commercial -- and criminal.

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Germans In Litvinenko Case Reportedly In No Danger

German doctors said today there was no health danger for four Germans feared contaminated by radiation in the murder case of former Russian state security officer Aleksandr Litvinenko.

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