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I,DonaldB.Sherman,SpecialAgentoftheFederalBureauofInyestig6>tioor"RN
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Dallas,Texas,beingdulysworn,statethefollowing:
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IhavebeenemployedasaSpecialAgentoftheFederalBureau
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Investigation(FBI)fortwentyyears.IhavebeenassignedtotheDallasDivisionallofthattime.Ihaveparticipatedinallofthenormalmethodsofinvestigation,including,butnotlimitedto,theuseofelectronicsurveillance,visualsurveillance,interviewsofwitnesses,searchwarrants,confidentialinformants,penregisters,wiretaps,andundercoveragents.IhavepersonallydirectedandparticipatedininvestigationsofviolationsofTitle18,UnitedStatesCode,Sections1956and1957,LaunderingofMonetaryInstrumentsandEngaginginMonetaryTransactionsinPropertyDerivedfromSpecifiedUnlawfulActivity;violationsofTitle18,UnitedStatesCode,Section152,ConcealmentofAssetsinBankruptcy[hereafter"BankruptcyFraud"];violationsofTitle18,UnitedStatesCode,Section201,BriberyofPublicOfficialsandWitnesses;Title18,UnitedStatesCode,Section666,TheftorBriberyConcerningProgramsReceivingFederalFunds;Title18,UnitedStatesCode,Section1951,InterferencewithCommercebyThreatsorViolence;Title18,UnitedStatesCode,Section371,ConspiracytoCommitOffensesortoDefraudUnitedStates;andTitle18,UnitedStatesCode,Section2,AidingandAbetting.