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Article: 'Police are not buying Olmert's claims of where the money went'. Supreme Court clears path for Talansky's early testimony
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- May 21, 2008
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YAAKOV LAPPIN and DAN IZENBERG
Jerusalem Post
05-21-2008
Headline: 'Police are not buying Olmert's claims of where the money went'. Supreme Court clears path for Talansky's early testimony
Byline: YAAKOV LAPPIN and DAN IZENBERG
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 01
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 -- Detectives from the National Fraud Unit are "trying to figure out how [Prime Minister Ehud] Olmert came up with his explanations for where all of the money he received from [New York financier Morris] Talansky went," a senior former law enforcement official said on Tuesday.
The source described the prime minister's account of the cash's destinations as unconvincing.
"Olmert said the money went to cover ...