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A fascinating [http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/mcgregor.pdf recent Federal indictment] tears the lid off money laundering and bribery funneled through PACs -- the Feds caught a lot of the ...
by Betsy Devine
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on Sat Oct 23, 2010 at 11:21 AM PDT
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