He came into the job when the Justice Department was embroiled in controversy. But he managed to navigate in the job with skill.
By Mark Morris
Kansas City Star
KANSAS CITY — John F. Wood loves visual aids.
If he left one lasting impression during his 22-month tenure as U.S. attorney in Kansas City, it was of him standing at a news conference, pointing to a map or chart that, depending on the case, showed how:
•Chinese women were trafficked into Johnson County massage parlors.
•Illegally obtained tax refunds traveled from bank accounts in Kansas City to Kenya.
•Contributions to a Columbia nonprofit purportedly supported a terrorist-linked orphanage in Pakistan.
•Raw materials from China allegedly contributed to an illegal scheme to make and sell anabolic steroids in the U.S.
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