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A spokesman for the United States attorney's office declined to say whether a plea would be entered.

For Mr. Hanssen, the consequences of losing a chance to negotiate a plea would be stark: he would be tried as the first American to face the possibility of a death sentence for espionage since Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were put to death in 1953 as atomic spies for the Soviet Union.

An indictment or a guilty plea would be an embarrassment not only for the bank but for the French government, which owned Crédit Lyonnais at the time.

He pleaded guilty to a felony count of receiving reward for official misconduct in the second degree, but Justice Stone said that because the acts related to the pension fund corruption predated the actions related to his prior conviction, his latest guilty plea would be considered a first offense.

In an unusual statement issued after the hearing, prosecutors said that they thought that Mr. Silverstein's plea would be only "the first step in uncovering a corrupt conspiracy at Computer Associates".

He was not required to enter a plea and Keith Allen, his lawyer, said there was no indication of what plea would be given.

Mair was not required to enter a plea and his lawyer Keith Allen said there was no indication of what plea would be given.

The lawyers assumed that their plea would be denied, Desdunes would be convicted, and then they would appeal.

Mr. Hafetz said the plea would be entered in Federal Court in Newark on Nov. 4.

Legal experts said vacating Mr. Craig's guilty plea would be tough, but not impossible.

"My plea would be for American liberals and progressives to fight the good fight at home," said Bob Rae, the leader of the  Liberal Party of Canada.