improper activities

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• United States Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management — The United States Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management (also known as the McClellan Committee) was a select committee created by the United States Senate on January 30, 1957,[1] and dissolved on March 31,… …   Wikipedia

• improper — [[t]ɪ̱mprɒ̱pə(r)[/t]] 1) ADJ Improper activities are illegal or dishonest. [FORMAL] 25 officers were investigated following allegations of improper conduct during the murder inquiry... Mr Matthews maintained that he had done nothing improper. Syn …   English dictionary

• CIA transnational health and economic activities — This article deals with activities of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency related to human survival issues, emphasizing disease and basic needs such as water and agriculture. TOC CIA activities in this area include the preparation of National… …   Wikipedia

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• Michael James Genovese — (April 9, 1919 – October 31, 2006) was an alleged boss of the Pittsburgh crime family. References to Michael Genovese as the brother of Vito Genovese[1] are to a different Michael Genovese; Michael James Genovese was first cousin to New York mob… …   Wikipedia

• Peter DeFeo — (March 4, 1902) aka Philie Aquilino was a New York mobster who became a caporegime with the Genovese crime family. DeFeo s Early Days DowntownGrowing up in New York s Little Italy, DeFeo became a soldier in the Genovese crime family under boss… …   Wikipedia

• Frank Zito — (February 24, 1893 August 22, 1974) was an Italian American mobster who controlled criminal activities in Central and Southern Illinois for over twenty years, providing protection from law enforcement and rival competitors.Born in Palermo, Sicily …   Wikipedia

• U.S. Forest Service airtanker scandal — The U.S. Forest Service airtanker scandal involved a scheme, called the Historical Aircraft Exchange Program,cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1 15473425.html |title=The great airtanker debacle |accessdate=2007 10 04 |last=McLean… …   Wikipedia

• whistle-blowing — The bringing to public attention of improper or illegal activities within an organization. It has been suggested that whistle blowing is a new name for an ancient practice. Alternative terms may be conscientious objector, ethical resister, mole… …   Auditor's dictionary