At the news conference announcing the indictment, David A. Cardona, head of the criminal division in the New York City F.B.I., pointedly noted that a police officer can face trouble for accepting a cup of coffee.
Regarding my indictment for heading an illicit association, I authorized legitimate arms sales but did not take part in or have knowledge of the rerouting of the weapons.
According to the indictment, Mr. Orlandez-Gamboa headed the Caracol drug cartel from Barranquilla, Colombia, directing his subordinates to carry out bribery and violence including kidnappings and assassination.
Along with his son, Stephen, and five other defendants whom prosecutors characterized as the former governor's cronies and bag men, Mr. Edwards is charged in a 33-count indictment with heading a moblike enterprise that conspired to extort millions of dollars from businessmen seeking riverboat licenses.
"We have full confidence that the proof at trial will bear out the allegations in the indictment," said Leslie Caldwell, head of the Justice Department's Enron task force.
It led to a sprawling inquiry by the Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, that has also resulted in the indictment of the head of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, Assemblyman Clarence Norman, on charges of misusing campaign funds.
Though the UN security council has referred crises like Darfur and Libya to the court when it needed to appear tough, it has then failed to support, or even downplayed, the ICC when its actions - like the indictment of a head of state - are seen at odds with changing political goals.
Federal corrections officer kicked inmate in the head, indictment alleges.
Despite the Mueller indictments, the departing head of the National Security Agency, Adm. Michael Rogers, said at the end of February that he had not received any orders from the White House to counter future subterfuge.
The indictment flared in my head.
