washingtonpost.com - 6/18/2009
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Sources say the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section has unraveled since prosecutorial errors led to dismissal of the corruption case against Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), shown above. Stevens prosecutor Brenda Morris, left, has been reassigned, and other cases are said to be in jeopardy.
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THIS IS CONVENIENT FOR SOME, OF COURSE: After Stevens Case, Justice Dept. Corruption Unit in Disarr…
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THIS IS CONVENIENT FOR SOME, OF COURSE: After Stevens Case, Justice Dept. Corruption Unit in Disarray.
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... • After flubbing the case against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the Justice Department unit in charge of investigating public corruption is in disarray. ...
The Mess at Justice
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Two months after prosecutors abandoned the criminal conviction of former senator Ted Stevens, the Justice Department unit that polices public corruption remains in chaos, coping with newly discovered evidence that threatens to undermine other cases while department leaders struggle to reshuffle the ranks.
William Welch and Brenda Morris, senior managers in the department’s Public Integrity Section who supervised the case against the Alaska Republican, have been moved into other roles following the transfer this month of two ...
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