And except for the occasional projector slide of statistics that threw Morrison off guard for a few seconds, and a couple of objections from the crowd to his use of the word "illegal", the inquiry went to script.
A9 Investigator Sentenced Anthony Pellicano, a Hollywood private investigator who is at the center of an illegal-wiretapping inquiry, was sentenced to 30 months in prison on an unrelated weapons charge.
On Wednesday, Kyle E. McSlarrow, the president of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, wrote a scathing letter to Mr. Martin, calling the chairman's inquiry illegal and an "abuse of the commission's processes".
A1 Inquiry Into Illegal Pesticides State, city and federal officials expressed concern about the proliferation of illegal pesticides, which are often highly effective but pose health risks, especially to children.
But they appear to form part of an inquiry into illegal payments to Cuban citizens.
The children's commissioner for England, Dr Maggie Atkinson, conducted a two-year inquiry into illegal exclusions.
*The Tallahassee police said McPherson was part of an inquiry into illegal gambling at Florida State.
The new security director for the New York Racing Association, which has been the subject of an inquiry into illegal employee activity, contributed $10,000 to Gov. George E. Pataki's political campaign last year.
Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, on "This Week" on ABC, agreed that the secrecy "could be illegal" and demanded an inquiry.
The On Baseball column on Saturday, about George J. Mitchell's appointment to head Major League Baseball's inquiry into illegal substances referred incorrectly to his role with the Boston Red Sox.
Then on Wednesday, the widening inquiry into illegal activity at News Corporation's British newspapers led to James Murdoch's resignation as head of the company's embattled British publishing unit.
