The process was carried out in public and widely reported in the media, showing that – at the very least – police officers were under public scrutiny, as they should be when there are allegations of deep wrongdoing.
That is especially so when the bills are being paid by a giant, foreign-based oil company with deep pockets "and admitted wrongdoing," he said.
After all, such a deep-rooted culture of wrongdoing won't course-correct overnight.
The ethics investigation, which had included the appointment of an experienced former federal prosecutor as an outside special counsel, was considered by Senate officials to be the deepest examination of possible wrongdoing since the ethics committee in 1995 recommended that former Senator Bob Packwood, Republican from Oregon, be expelled.
To be more precise: It's a fraternity of old men who aim to line their own pockets and whose alleged wrongdoing runs as deep as the Dead Sea.
The handling of possible wrongdoing in Congress has deeper political implications, as it did in the November 2006 elections, when Democrats ran on a platform of cleaning up Congress.
He said the apology "admits to wrongdoing, makes sincere statement showing deep remorse," and offers assurances that the wrongs will never be repeated.
Little wonder that Antony Jenkins, the boss of Barclays, declared his "deep disappointment" and "frustration" at the latest allegations of wrongdoing facing the troubled bank.
"I want institutions that are more transparent, more resistant to wrongdoing," Rousseff said in reference to perceptions of deep corruption in Brazilian politics, which is emerging as a focal point of the protests.
Although he was cleared of any wrongdoing, the issue of the war still cuts a deep division throughout society.
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] negligenceSIR – Regarding "The criminalisation of American business" (August 30th), a deep flaw exists in American and British common law when it comes to wrongdoing at companies.
