But after the judge's order, prosecutors began trying to cut a plea deal.

"Your honor, this is an old case," the federal prosecutor began.

Why did prosecutors begin their case before determining whether the information at issue was classified?

Her prosecutors began the trial later that year; four men were eventually convicted, in March 1994.

The hearings come as prosecutors have also begun an investigation.

But that issue is likely to be raised when prosecutors begin their cross-examination.

If evidence of criminal wrongdoing is found, she said, prosecutors will begin their own investigation.

Federal and local prosecutors have also begun investigations of the contracts, officials said.

But nearly seven years ago, federal prosecutors began examining some of the tactics that had made the firm so powerful.

Age and federal prosecutors began catching up with organized crime in Pittsburgh by the early 1990s.