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WERE PRIVATE EYES WATCHING COOKE, WATCHING HIS EVERY MOVE?

          A deposition in Isles co-Owner Howard Milstein's suit
     against former Redskins Owner John Kent Cooke and former GM
     Charley Casserly has revealed that an "executive-level
     employee" of Milstein "went undercover in an unusual effort
     to dig up dirt" against Cooke, according to Bill Miller of
     the WASHINGTON POST.  Milford Plaza Hotel Managing Dir
     Anthony Bergamo, whose hotel is a Milstein property, used
     the pseudonym Anthony Burke and "posed as a businessman"
     attempting to "strike deals with Cooke" and Casserly. 
     During those dealings, Bergamo "tried to steer conversations
     to the sale of the Redskins and hoped to catch one or both
     of the men maligning Milstein."  Bergamo even "tried to use
     a hidden tape recorder" in one meeting with Cooke.  Miller
     noted that Bergamo's actions "could wind up hurting"
     Milstein, rather than helping him.  Miller: "Not only did
     his activities apparently fail to yield the evidence he
     sought, they've created an obstacle in Milstein's lawsuit
     alleging Cooke and Casserly doomed his bid to buy the team." 
     In the deposition obtained by the POST, Bergamo details how
     he "turned into a relentless private eye for Milstein's
     Washington Sports Ventures" (WASHINGTON POST, 11/25).       
      

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