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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Leland Yee

    Leland Yee, a Democratic state senator from San Francisco, was arrested today in an FBI corruption investigation. His is only one of a string of arrests across San Francisco that have also netted infamous Chinatown gangster Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Leland Yee, a Democratic state senator from San Francisco, was arrested today in an FBI corruption investigation. His is only one of a string of arrests across San Francisco that have also netted infamous Chinatown gangster Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow. Senator Yee is the third Democratic Senator this year to be targeted by the FBI’s ongoing corruption investigation. He is also running for Secretary of State.

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    Leland Yee Arrest, State of the News, Free to Be You & Me
    1. 0:00State of the News Media
    2. 9:38Murdoch Moves
    3. 17:30Rethinking Broccoli
    4. 26:02Free to Be... You and Me
    5. 40:29Leland YeeYou’re reading this
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Bay Area News Group

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Leland Yee Arrest, State of the News, Free to Be You & Me
    1. 0:00State of the News Media
    2. 9:38Murdoch Moves
    3. 17:30Rethinking Broccoli
    4. 26:02Free to Be... You and Me
    5. 40:29Leland YeeYou’re reading this
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