Jack Abramoff
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Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist at the center of a widening influence-peddling investigation, used a contact in the federal government to give an early warning to Tyco International, one of his clients, that its subsidiaries were about to be suspended from doing business with the government, according to a court filing. The internal deliberations were the basis of suggestions made to Tyco by Mr. Abramoff about how company officials might argue against the suspension. The information appears to be a result of the government's arrangement with Mr. Abramoff, who has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of his guilty plea to conspiracy and fraud charges.