ABSCAM

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ABSCAM	Abdul-Scam (1980s FBI investigation)

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Notable have been Teapot Dome, Abscam and the Keating Five savings and loan debacle. High stakes on K Street: CEOs must use finesse in the world of ... by Galuszka, Peter / Chief Executive (U.S.) Bennett, a partner with the firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Florn, brings the perspective of a former outside counsel for the Senate Ethics Committee, working investigations such as Abscam and the Keating Five. Committee grillings a side show: attorney. (Business Briefs) by Kaltenheuser, Skip / Financial Executive Whey trace the slow, convoluted evolution of modern Congressional ethics scandals, from Joe McCarthy to Abscam and the Keating Five, to the various sex scandals of the last decade, to a 1995 case in which aides to Rep. GLASS HOUSES: Congressional Ethics and the Politics of Venom by Confessore, Nicholas / Washington Monthly More results

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Notable have been Teapot Dome, Abscam and the Keating Five savings and loan debacle.

High stakes on K Street: CEOs must use finesse in the world of ... by Galuszka, Peter / Chief Executive (U.S.)

Bennett, a partner with the firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Florn, brings the perspective of a former outside counsel for the Senate Ethics Committee, working investigations such as Abscam and the Keating Five.

Committee grillings a side show: attorney. (Business Briefs) by Kaltenheuser, Skip / Financial Executive

Whey trace the slow, convoluted evolution of modern Congressional ethics scandals, from Joe McCarthy to Abscam and the Keating Five, to the various sex scandals of the last decade, to a 1995 case in which aides to Rep.

GLASS HOUSES: Congressional Ethics and the Politics of Venom by Confessore, Nicholas / Washington Monthly

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