The CEO (Ken Skilling) and several top executives were arrested for a pattern of deceit, dishonesty and illegal financial practices.
The prosecutor said this represents a "pattern of deception, dishonesty and concealment" and that the couple was "not transparent in the least; this concealment is intentional".
Democrats for their part pressed ahead with their strategy of asserting that the leak case was part of a broader pattern of dishonesty by the administration that had led the nation into war on false pretenses.
Jonah Lehrer was a bestselling author and a respected journalist until the summer of 2012 when the former Rhodes scholar and neuroscientist was shown to have engaged in a pattern of plagiarism and dishonesty.
Investors, politicians and the press connected what had previously been isolated controversies – in 2012 Tthe Guardian revealed that Serco had altered statistics and mismanaged an out-of-hours healthcare contract in Cornwall – into a pattern of failures and dishonesty.
"It is clear that, as the prosecutor noted, Mr. Cohen's actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time".
In a letter to the White House, Carolyn N. Lerner, the head of the office, said that Mr. Keel and Mr. Dean had exhibited a pattern of "negligence, misconduct and dishonesty" and that there had been a "failure of leadership" by Colonel Edmondson.
In a letter to the White House in November, Carolyn N. Lerner, the head of the office, said that Mr. Keel and Mr. Dean had exhibited a pattern of "negligence, misconduct and dishonesty" and that there had been a "failure of leadership" by Colonel Edmondson.
The question now facing senators is whether this pattern of dishonesty should disqualify him from a lifetime appointment to one of the most powerful seats in American government.
Being put under oath makes this pattern of dishonesty his greatest vulnerability.
