The rebel claimed that a large supply of Ukrainian weapons was being driven from Turkey to Syria, to Ahrar al-Sham, an Islamist brigade with murky connections to Al Qaeda.
The journalists were making a documentary about the activities of a private Russian paramilitary group with murky connections to the Kremlin.
The case has become something of a cause célèbre in Russia, illustrating the often murky connections between the country's powerful security services and organised crime syndicates.
Understanding those links and the importance of the people connected to them can be the difference between a clear investigation and one filled with endless murky connections, floating seemingly without point or end goal.
Michael H. Posner, who was assistant secretary of state for human and labor rights until joining the Stern School of Business at New York University this year, said the intent of the requirements was to force companies to examine the murky connections between the business and power in "a very embryonic system," with undeveloped institutions and regulations.
He also squawked, say investigators, about murky connections with Pakistan's spy service, the ISI.
And yet, in the pursuit of documents, many investigators made their mission known to rebel commanders with murky connections.
Nonetheless, the Abedin-Band conversation highlighted the sometimes murky connections between the Clinton State Department and donors to the Clinton Foundation.
BLOOMBERG NEWS Chinese Telecom Giant Under Scrutinyny | Huawei, which is said to be considering an I.P.O., is the subject of an investigation that has "raised concerns about national security, Chinese espionage, and Huawei's murky connections to the Chinese government," reports CBS's "60 Minutes".
We hear more about her background and the murky connections of her East End family as the day of her funeral rolls around.
