The Broker
“He was a night owl, a nocturnal creature who often slept until it was time to have breakfast and lunch together. Everyone who knew him also knew that it was pointless to phone early.It was a colleague at the Post. “You got scooped, buddy,” he announced gravely.“What?” Sandberg snapped.“The Times just wiped your nose for you.”“Who?”“Backman.”“What?”“Go see for yourself.”Sandberg ran to the den of his messy apartment and attacked his desk computer. He found the story, written by Heath Frick, a ha...ted rival at The New York Times. The front-page headline read FBI PARDON PROBE SEARCHES FOR JOEL BACKMAN.Citing a host of unnamed sources, Frick reported that the FBI’s cash-for-pardon investigation had intensified and was expanding to include specific individuals who were granted reprieves by former president Arthur Morgan. Duke Mongo was named as a “person of interest,” a euphemism often tossed about when the authorities wanted to taint a person they were unable to formally indict.MoreLess
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