61.   For one thing, the new Bush administration will probably not be as aggressive in prosecuting antitrust cases as was the Clinton administration.

62.   Gary Brown, an assistant U.S. Attorney in New York prosecuting the case against Spano, declined to comment.

63.   Gary R. Brown, another assistant United States attorney prosecuting the case, denied the government had done anything wrong.

64.   George A. Stamboulidis, the assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting the case, declined comment.

65.   Harris County Assistant District Attorney Rikke Graber, who prosecuted the case, said she will appeal.

66.   He asked witnesses leading or irrelevant questions, drawing frequent interruptions from Staley or objections from Senior Assistant District Attorney Van Pearlberg, who prosecuted the case.

67.   He has also hired a publicist to prosecute his case in the court of public opinion.

68.   He said that prosecuting the case posed several problems, including trying to prove crimes committed more than a decade before trial.

69.   He made it clear that the gun cases will be prosecuted strictly off the arrest reports filed by the local police.

70.   Hidalgo County District Attorney Rene Guerra, whose office will prosecute the case if anyone is charged, said his office is not involved in the investigation.