Legal Money Funneling By giving large payments to a few consultants, the Robertson campaign has taken advantage of a four-year-old ruling by the Federal Election Commission that states that campaigns, in their disclosure reports to the election commission, can list lump-sum payments to consultants rather than detailed breakdowns of how the money was spent.

Historian Alison Duncan Hirsch uncovered a record from 1711 that lists payments to "Eysabelle Montour interpretress", the only known reference to Montour's first name in an English document.

In his statement yesterday, Mr. Shays said that Cotecna had listed monthly payments of $2,390 to Kojo Annan for "Marketing Expenses - Africa," and said they were made from April 2000 through February 2004.

These statements (listing all personal assets, liabilities and monthly payments) should not be more than 90 days old.

Instead, on his 2011 F.E.C. form, he lists unspecified payments of between $50,000-$100,000 to his company, the New Voice, which he describes as a "public speaking" and "publishing" entity.

A spreadsheet from Chase's student loan unit showed the scope of marketing activities, listing payments of over $1,000 each to produce 405 foldable wallets for Ursuline College, CD replications for Southeastern Louisiana University, 200 T-shirts for Texas Southern University, to name just a few examples.

Tax-return data like that examined by the center has the advantage of coming from documents that all taxpayers sign under penalty of perjury, and of being subject to comparison with W-2 and Form 1099 reports from third parties listing payments of wages, dividends, interest and royalties.

The notebook lists payments of $20,000 and $40,000 to "Nicaraguans," an entry that Government officials speculate may be payments to rightist Nicaraguan exiles who worked as assassins for Mr. d'Aubuisson and Mr. Saravia.

He was also "implicated" by a notebook found during a raid, which listed payments made to various al-Qaeda members.

And the indictment listed numerous payments, some totaling $100,000 or more, that Mr. Al-Arian and his followers are said to have made in the 1990's to support terrorism operations and to provide money to the families of suicide "martyrs" killed in terrorist attacks.