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Corporate Fraud Leads to a Defense Company's Downfall

Journalist James Traub writes about the Wedtech company in his new book, Too Good To Be True. The Bronx-based, minority-led defense firm bribed politicians in order to earn government contracts with the support of the Reagan administration.

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Other segments from the episode on September 5, 1990

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 5, 1990: Interview with James Traub; Review of three albums featuring Pierre Boulez; Interview with Charles Shaar Murray; Review of the television show "American…

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