Sentences with phrase «several earlier investigations»

Several earlier investigations and complaints about his conduct — none of which ever resulted in criminal charges or discipline — were not in his record.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The film is loosely based on the ABSCAM investigation of the late 1970s and early 1980s, in which the FBI got several members of Congress on videotape agreeing to accept bribes from a man they thought was a wealthy Arab sheik.

The Moreland Commission, after several months of hearings and investigations, concluded in early December that public financing of statewide political campaigns would go a long ways toward curbing the influence of large money donors.

Rangel temporarily stepped down as Ways and Means Committee chairman earlier this year following the announcement of an ethics investigation of several allegations, including failure to pay taxes on the Dominican Republic residence.

The list, sighted earlier on Monday, listed 106 cases under investigation and several others pending in court but either stalled or moving slowly.

Scientists also hope to gain crucial insights into autism's risk factors from several large new studies, including the federally funded Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation, which will enroll 1,200 mothers of autistic children at the start of a subsequent pregnancy and then track the newborn child's first three years of development.

Early last week, World Health Organization director - general Margaret Chan said new investigations into Zika transmission in several countries «strongly suggest the virus spreads through sex more often that previously assumed.»

The Nova Scotia SPCA Cruelty Investigations team, while acting under a search warrant seized dogs from their property which including several new born puppies and rabbits earlier this month.

After several exhibitions of her paintings and a series of collaborative «group investigations», in the early 1980's she began to make innovative use of audio and visual technology.

The probe by this team takes the timeline on Exxon's focus on climate change several years earlier than a previous investigation of oil industry assessments of global warming by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

In the meantime, several boiler components that were vital to the investigation curiously went missing even though attorneys here at Anderson Hemmat demanded early on that they be preserved.

Despite this activity, fines were significantly lower in 2017 than in recent years, as several major investigations concluded and other major investi - gations remain at early stages.

The investigation is still in the early stages and analysis of the malware that was used is expected to take several weeks.

A 13 - page final version was released publicly that month but without many of the details included in earlier drafts, which were several times longer, say people familiar with the investigation.

«I've attended several of the webinars from Early Childhood Investigations Webinars — and they are fantastic.