Surely the authorities were aware of both transactions since government agencies were involved. Of course, we have to remember who was in charge then.
I'm going back to my old tagline.......the 'stuff' just keeps turning up.
At least they're prosecuting Sandy Berger (and might just catch other "fish" in that net!),even though so many FREEPERS thought that nothing would be done to Sandy,"the pants/socks/pockets" Berger.