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Memo to DeMaurice Smith,

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What a great time to jump back into things! With Dave recovering from his hip replacement and Robert down from a viral infection for weeks, we’re finally jumping back in, just as things start getting hot for the summer. REALLY hot! We have a lot of catching up to do so let’s start with today’s hottest topic and work backward from there:

Remember a post from a while back where we mentioned that in Washington DC, it’s often not the crime that gets the criminal but the coverup afterwards? Richard Nixon got nailed for covering up Watergate; during the Reagan years, EPA Chief Rita Lavalle, went to prison for destroying documents about the dioxin coverup; and Enron and Arthur Andersen got busted shredding tons of audit documents, even as the inquiry was already underway by SEC investigators.

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