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What does the commissioner of the National Basketball Association have in common with the directors of the FBI and the CIA? According to the current NBA commissioner, David Stern, it's that they've all been blameless victims of rogue employees -- in Stern's case, a referee under investigation for allegedly betting on games he worked. Here's Stern at a news conference yesterday when asked whether he was surprised that the league's security apparatus didn't uncover the ref's activities:

"I guess, yes, I'm surprised; but I think no more surprised than the head of the FBI, the head of the CIA, that rogue employees turn on their country in criminal activity despite the best investigative procedures you can possibly imagine."