1.   But Reno said just the fact that the administration had approved projects or policy endorsed by Democratic contributors did not mean it had violated bribery laws.

2.   Congress, in an effort to apply federal bribery laws to the IOC, is investigating the Salt Lake and Atlanta bids.

3.   That bribery laws are not completely effective in stamping out corruption is no justification for the conclusion that prophylactic controls on funding activity are narrowly tailored.

4.   The dismissed charge had accused him of violating bribery laws by intervening for financial backers.

5.   But Sam said the Justice Department improperly based racketeering or Travel Act charges on the state bribery law.

6.   The defense contends that bribery law, meant to fight commercial kickback schemes, was misapplied.

7.   The single conspiracy count could be dismissed because it, too, is based on the Utah bribery law, he said.