Mr. Ray's office has acknowledged it is aware of the e-mail dispute but has given no sign that the matter will slow its investigation.

The district attorney's office acknowledges having received hundreds of e-mail messages condemning it for pursuing a man who had defended his home and family.

The senator's office acknowledged the presence of protesters in their office today.

Greenpeace, the environmental group, discovered the flawed patent and mounted a noisy protest in February, after which the office acknowledged its error.

This request is significantly scaled back from the original demand, however, which the attorney's office now acknowledges was overly broad.

The Queens district attorney's office would not discuss the case or acknowledge involvement.

However, her office acknowledges no such document.

But his office acknowledges that he never did make any payments.

At first Mr. Bush's office denied getting the call but later acknowledged that the call had been received.

The statement appeared to be the first time the office publicly acknowledged that the men may have been wrongly convicted.