11.   But intelligence agents previously obtained evidence that the manager of the Shifa plant made frequent trips to Iraq, where he visited the head of the chemical weapons program.

12.   But investigators were said to have obtained evidence that some Columbia hospitals in at least four states had done just that.

13.   But now it is clear for the first time that the KGB did not rely solely on Ames to obtain the evidence needed to arrest those officers.

14.   But the government has obtained other evidence as well.

15.   But the unit was able to obtain enough evidence to bring only three cases to court.

16.   Even if reporters obtain evidence that might come out at trial, they can be charged with contempt for publishing or broadcasting it.

17.   Federal officials are also said to have obtained evidence that certain Columbia hospitals had improperly included expenses for recruiting doctors into their cost reports.

18.   For example, prosecutors have obtained evidence that certain hospitals improperly accounted for such nonreimbursable items as gift shops and cafeterias, seeking reimbursement for related expenses.

19.   For example, the investigators were said to have obtained evidence that some Columbia units were reporting interest payments on debt made to other Columbia entities as reimbursable expenses.

20.   Following anti-hacker raids across Canada last summer by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, at least one judge ruled that the evidence was obtained illegally.