"Evidence Eliminator" computer software, a tax avoidance plot called "Project Slag", six-figure bribes and an office affair were just some of the more outlandish ingredients revealed today by the long-awaited investigation into the MG Rover scandal.
The Washington Post article quoted American officials saying that in wiretap intercepts shared with the Afghan authorities and played during the trial of a lower-level Islamic affairs official, Mr. Azimi was heard discussing bribes paid to the former Islamic affairs minister, Mohammed Siddiq Chakari.
The government's felony case relies almost entirely on a Utah law that makes it a misdemeanor to offer or take bribes or kickbacks in business affairs.
Among the questions: "Which do you think is worse: married politicians' having affairs or politicians' taking bribes?" (Many say both are equally bad).
The announcement, which was published by Xinhua, the state news agency, had a long list of accusations against Mr. Bo, including taking bribes, abusing power and carrying on affairs with a number of women.
Petr Necas, a former prime minister, was charged last year with accepting bribes in a long-running case involving an affair with his then chief-of-staff (now his wife), millions of dollars in cash, and huge numbers of Gucci handbags.
But uprooting is often a haphazard affair, usually affecting those who cannot bribe the eradication teams to pass over their plots.
Farrell, the Red Sox manager, looked miserable during his post-game press conference, like a cop on TV who'd been compelled to turn his partner in to internal affairs for taking one too many bribes.
Bribe collection under Suharto was a top-down affair, which lent some stability to the exchange of favors between business and government.
The Swiss also charge that those bribes eventually landed in Swiss bank accounts, which, when the affair broke in 1998, were thought to have links to the Yeltsin family.
