1.   But instead of levying fines, prosecuting plant officials or revoking their licenses, the agency only wrote threatening letters to trustees.

2.   And in rare cases, though apparently not including his, the offending officials have been prosecuted.

3.   But the allegations raise the possibility that former ranking officials may be prosecuted.

4.   Deputy Treasury Secretary Stuart E. Eizenstat said Tuesday that the proposals would give the United States the ability to prosecute foreign officials who tried to deposit illicit money here.

5.   For example, officials could be prosecuted for warning publicly about lax security at American embassies, since their information may have come from classified sources.

6.   In the past few years dozens of developing countries have begun programs to cut corruption and prosecute officials who take bribes.

7.   It has never been used to prosecute an official for making a telephone call or mail solicitation from a federal office.

8.   Officials could be prosecuted for releasing material even if they had good reason to believe it was public information.

9.   On Monday, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer declared that Australia would support a U.N. tribunal to prosecute Indonesian officials for human rights abuses in East Timor.