Brazilian police arrest Brasilia’s governor on bribery charges

Friday, February 12th 2010 - 04:08 UTC

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Brazilian police arrested on Thursday a key opposition party district governor on bribery charges, potentially hurting the right wing's chances in the general election this year. Read full article

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C. Brayton
Well reported. As to the passive construction, “video footage leaked,” the story behind who leaked it -- a journalist and political operator known as “Edson the Shadow,” who has funky ties to Arruda's predecessor and set up the clandestine filming -- is quite fascinating, but probably too murky for a hard news brief. Brazil's Supreme Court has spearheaded a campaign against wiretapping and surveillance without a court order in the last year or two, which makes the case doubly interesting. CartaCapital magazine has a good interview and profile of “The Shadow” this week.
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