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Spitzer has spent a career pushing the law as a tool for social change. A passionate and partisan Democrat, he has brought cases against a long line of tough adversaries--organized crime, gun manufacturers, air polluters, Korean grocers who don't pay minimum wage. His efforts have not always succeeded. Yet he has consistently used laws in novel ways to address wrongs that were in plain view but seemed intractable to others. And, as was the case with Merrill, his endeavors have been about pursuing a path of justice even before the precise nature of a case is clear...
...example, called an Internet company, LifeMinders, "an attractive investment." But earlier that month, a Blodget e-mail had said, "I can't believe what a POS [piece of s___] that thing is." Spitzer has another favorite--a Blodget missive, now known in the office as the "smoking-gun" document, that says if his team doesn't get any guidance from above, "we are going to just start calling the stocks ... like we see them, no matter what the ancillary business consequences are." Says Spitzer: "You had to love it. Blodget made it clear he genuinely didn't believe...
...polluters in the Midwest in 1999, arguing that winds bring their acid rain to New York. Two power companies agreed to pay a total of $2.6 billion to clean up 18 power plants, though the Bush Administration's efforts to gut the act have stalled the cases. Spitzer challenged gun manufacturers who supply retailers involved in illegal sales. Though the case has not yet succeeded, Spitzer used a novel legal tool--the "nuisance law," arguing that such firearm sales created a "harmful condition" that required a change in business practices. Then in 2001 he began his pursuit of Wall Street...
...tough Rowley--the Rowley who packs a gun and takes it everywhere, who moves coatless through Minnesota winters and runs triathlons, who made a habit of correcting her science teacher--has been stung by a nasty backlash within the FBI. In early June, an associate called to say high-level FBI agents in Washington had been overheard discussing possible criminal charges against her. Some fellow agents, retired ones in particular, crucified her. Charles George, then president of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, compared her to convicted spy Robert Hanssen, calling her behavior "unthinkable" in the society...
...suspects stated that he had a gun and would shoot the victim. The suspects did not, however, display a gun...