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category: "PROMIS Scandal"
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tags:
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- Person
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- PROMIS
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- CIA
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- Lawyer
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summary: "This document advised Weld that the PROMIS software was being provided to an Arab Sheik for resale and general distribution in his region, contingent upon specific conditions, including a 'soft arrival' without paperwork or customs delays, and equipped with a special data retrieval unit."
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born: 1945-07-31
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location: "Smithtown, New York"
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[[William F. Weld]] was the [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] in Boston, Massachusetts. He received a document dated May 16, 1985, signed by [[William Bradford Reynolds]], Assistant [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] in the Civil Rights Division of the [[Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]].
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This document advised Weld that the [[PROMIS]] software was being provided to an Arab Sheik for resale and general distribution in his region, contingent upon specific conditions, including a "soft arrival" without paperwork or customs delays, and equipped with a special data retrieval unit.
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Weld was instructed to process the financial aspects through [[Credit Suisse]] into [[National Commercial Bank]] and to contact Reynolds directly if he encountered any problems.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
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