11. For defense attorneys, the prosecution of a government lawyer would have been welcome if it were for leaking information that could not legally be made public. 12. He says that even before Reg FD, Cisco was not in the habit of leaking information to analysts. 13. He was clearly ordered to guard against leaking information. 14. He thinks companies will find some way to continue leaking information to favored analysts. 15. He was indicted on corruption charges and filed a suit accusing the government of leaking derogatory information about him. 16. However, he denied leaking information to The New York Times, whose front-page stories about the Texaco tapes were followed shortly by the settlement. 17. In October, Coia angrily accused the department of leaking incriminating information about him. 18. In fact, an FBI clerk was later fired for leaking confidential information about the ongoing investigation to a local Mafioso via her brother. 19. In some cases, the bureau even helped the gangsters by leaking information to them about ongoing investigations. 20. In the media frenzy that followed the case, Ahearn said he was accused by superiors of leaking information to the press. |
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