{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Anti-Corruption Efforts Fail in Washington, D.C.  Just as They Do in Kabul","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article50744.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article50744.html'\u003EAnti-Corruption Efforts Fail in Washington, D.C.  Just as They Do in Kabul\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is just as difficult to arrest a corrupt official in Washington, D.C. as it is in Kabul.  In both capitals, senior justice officials weigh the seriousness of the offense against the political importance of the defendant and the embarrassment to their President of any prosecution.  In both capitals, the powerful protect their friends and associates.   \tIn July, 2010, Mohammed Zia Salehi, a senior aide to the Afghan President, was arrested in a night raid on his home in Kabul.  He was (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}