Foreign Government Quotes



36 days later, September 11, he did strike, and at the World Trade Center. The memo was kept secret by the Bush administration until public pressure as a result of the 9-11 Commission hearings forced the declassification and release. At that point it became clear that there was no reason that the memo could not have been released much earlier except that it was embarrassing.


The assassins and plotters who murdered the Archduke of Austria in Sarajevo were 5 Serbs and a Bosnian. They planned their operation in Serbia. This was the excuse that Austria was giving for going to war with Serbia who had an alliance with Russia.


The highest court in New York. At the time, bribery of foreign officials was not illegal by American law, but it was deemed sufficiently contrary to public policy that the courts would not enforce contracts requiring such. Late in the 20th century, Congress finally passed the legislation to make most bribery of foreign officials illegal. A loophole was left for minor “ministerial” bribes to process documents, clear customs and other activities where gratuities are commonly expected for ministerial functions.