The truth still matters: Ten men, highly educated, each of whom has reached a lofty position in one of the three branches of federal government and earned the admiration and respect of his peers, is found guilty of a high crime and experiences public disgrace. In an examination of why these men made the decisions they did, the corrosive nature of corruption is brought to light through bribery, perjury, lies, fraud, and dereliction of duty: the roots of moral decay. The final cost: Not only lives ruined but democracy itself placed in danger.