1.   A federal audit of the program completed Friday recommends repeal.

2.   But displaying a confidence that acquaintances say is characteristic, Kraus dismissed the planned federal audit as a charade and expressed more weariness than anxiety about its outcome.

3.   But numerous federal audits over the years have complained that the agency has not received adequate payment, either in money or in additional acreage, in these exchanges.

4.   But these exchanges have become mired in controversy, with federal audits finding that the government received far less than equal value in many exchanges.

5.   Candidates who take matching money must abide by spending limits, limit personal money used on their campaigns and submit to federal audits.

6.   In an accompanying editorial, however, University of Chicago researcher Dr. John C. Bailar III noted that he was disturbed by one finding of the federal audit.

7.   Kelleher said a federal audit conducted last year found no cases of fraud in Massachusetts.

8.   Officials interfered with investigations into the program more than half a dozen times, the letter said, pressuring witnesses and sabotaging a federal audit.

9.   Robertson said a better way to fund social ministries is by encouraging private donations to groups that pass a federal audit and are posted in a government registry.

10.   Still, the relationship between Kerasiotes and Cellucci had become strained in recent days as details of the federal audit emerged.