"The big story of the 21st century is not corporate fines or corporate convictions, but prosecutors changing the ways that corporations are managed," writes Mr Garrett in a forthcoming book, "Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations".
"Is the idea that a good state of mind initially can insulate you from fraud later on?" Brandon Garrett, a professor of law at the University of Virginia and the author of "Too Big To Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations," asked.
Yet it was his prosecutors who compromised national security: one physicist they consulted absent-mindedly misplaced a classified document that contained all the details for launching a full-scale thermonuclear program; from the transcript of the hearing, the British gleaned enough information to develop their own H-bomb.
Rogers — no relation to Jody — was a prosecutor pointedly averse to compromise.
The prosecutors were unwilling to compromise on jail time.
One Senate rule bars witnesses from being subpoenaed if federal prosecutors believe it might compromise their case, a fact Mr. Blagojevich complained bitterly about to reporters on Friday.
The memo has prompted Mr. Bernardoni to investigate whether the prosecutor's policies have compromised the effectiveness of the town's only police officer, he said.
"If jurors could be located by reporters, the fairness of the trial could be compromised," prosecutors wrote.
Mr. Zezov then sent e-mail messages to Mr. Bloomberg, the founder of the media company, demanding $200,000 in exchange for information on how his computer system was compromised, prosecutors said.
This accomplished, often uproarious account of the international reptile trade features a low-rent criminal syndicate, bored investigators, compromised prosecutors, "wheeling and dealing" curators from major American zoos, and high-priced exotic fauna that comes to the United States in packages, luggage, or, in one case, hidden inside a prosthetic leg.
