Jack Blum, who specialized in drug matters for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, calls the aerostats "a tremendous boondoggle," and the program goes into detail on its defects.

One Extreme to Another "Our grass just stopped growing," said Jack Blum, a cattle rancher in Lakeville, Conn., and the state's Agriculture Commissioner.

The 25-month delay gives tax cheats ample time to move their money to another tax haven, said Jack Blum, a Washington lawyer who specializes in financial frauds.

In walked Jack Blum, a Senate investigator, who had looked into international drug trafficking and kept running across the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.

Jack Blum as "Spaz"

The recording is of an interview with Mr. Lohdi conducted by Jack Blum, who at the time was an investigator for a Senate subcommittee looking into drug-money laundering.

"On the record, Jack Blum was on the mark about B.C.C.I. as an investigator," one former supervisor, Jonathan M. Winer, said in a brief interview.

Jack Blum, a money-laundering expert and I.R.S. consultant, has estimated that offshore accounts alone cheat the government of at least $70 billion annually.

Jack Blum is a Canadian writer, producer, director, story editor, actor, educator and communications consultant based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Jack Blum, an I.R.S. consultant, has estimated that offshore evasion alone costs the government $70 billion annually.