Federal Communications Commissioner Richard Alfred Mack glanced uneasily around at the members of the House Special Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight, licked his dry lips, and said: "I want to apologize that I may seem a little nervous this morning." Democrat Mack had plenty to be nervous about: he was accused of accepting money and other favors for his vote to grant Miami's Channel 10 television franchise to a National Airlines subsidiary. The House subcommittee let Mack read a 4,000-word statement, handled him gently for a while, then cuffed him sharply—and weak Richie...
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