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Associated PressBy LARRY McSHANE
Associated Press Writer
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July 8, 2007, 12:40 PM EDT
NEW YORK -- It was a bold pronouncement, made with much fanfare: The federal government was targeting the mighty International Longshoremen's Union, determined to shatter what it called a decades-old mob monopoly on the nation's docks.
U.S. Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf, intent on rewriting the script for this true-life version of "On The Waterfront," said the wide-ranging civil lawsuit would "once and for all ... end mob domination" of the 45,000-member union.
Two years later, the start of the trial _ much less the end of any ostensible corruption _ remains nowhere in sight.
Lead defendant John Bowers continues as ILA president, collecting a salary of $587,078 last year. Legal paperwork abounds, but no trial date is expected until next year, scores of depositions remain untaken, and the defense still hopes to convince a federal judge to dimiss the whole thing.
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