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Th« industry '» big9«at »ecr«t only (^sj« to light last year when 

 a US ju49t pu]Uli.6h*d * reaarkobXc le^al opinion. 



In 1988 .7odge L«e StroXln presided over th« Cipollono ca»«, th# 

 only tobacco liability oac« tb« industry did not inititily win. 



L43t year SaroXin va« preparing to h««r his second tobacco &as« 

 when be vac ask^d to rule ^n the admissibility &f a nusher of 

 maustry docuaenU*. Md read a &A»ple selection *r«a concluded 

 "the tobacoo industry ft«y b« the Xing of cuncealaent and 

 difii. >->rBation'*. JjaroKln had uncovered the industry's innernost 

 secret. Shortly aftervard* he was re»ov«d fron the case. 



Sarokin had found out CTK had never aj^andonod research intd the 

 ha<ard» of snoking but had sijpply transterred It in their 

 "Special project*" division where they could eaintain direct 

 control over the *ork. At the lawyer's whim, r«:*>Arch in this 

 division could be kept coapletaly confidential, coiHiiii*sioned 

 solely on j» contract basis and orgdnised directly by lawyers thufi 

 maXlnq it attorney/client privileged. X protective shield had 

 been ocnetructed by the lawyer* CO keep diuaaqing research fro« 

 disclosure, we have di^^covwred that epeaiai Project* worked 

 secretly fron a tenth floor office at the CTR bulldinq in l«ew 

 ifork, where they ran one of the biggest computer centres then in 

 the US. n* plan to interview a rare pr inary source on this 

 revelatory cubject. 



Given the publicity attached to the "Frank Stateaent" and the 

 repeated plodge to infom the consuner, SaroXin believed the 

 public had a right to kno* about special projects. He al*o 

 Uellevttd that many of the tobacco li ability lawsuits would have 

 had a different outcome had their r^seaxch been published. 



3arokln argued that claiming this aaterial «ak attorney/client 

 privileged was an abuse of the law end the lawyers should hA 

 subiecC to a crisinal prosecution. Ke told t'anoraaa (on e 

 bockground basis) do^ruments showed the fraud was orchestrated by 

 Shook. Hardy and Recvn. 



Ken Warner ha* studied a list of Special Projects briefs. Be was 

 aetounded. "speclai Projects wa» at the forefront of tobacco 

 health research. I had no idea tho industry was doing such state 

 of the art work". 



one of the key player* in Special Projects was Ur Frank Colby, 

 the farecr Reynold* scjentist. He qav« « deposition saying he 

 was "»» person wearinq two hate. No l, he we« a person in charge 

 of R»D inforiMtion; K© 2/ he waa rA«ponsive to the lesjal dept". 



