reporter: while accustomed to holding political court he s been spending time in a court of law, making a rare appearance in a case brought by a former top executive at his casino empire, a case that raises questions about the sources of adelson s much sought after fortune. stephen jacobs ran his ambitious casino venture off the coast of china. when that business exploded and made adelson one of the wealthiest men in the world. jacobs said in a deposition he was fired from his job after he objected to what he called the casino s illicit business practices. i did report the activities of some of the specific allegations where sheldon adelson was personally involved in wrong doing illegal and/or immoral activities? you bet. reporter: he claims they included rampant prostitution and loan sharking, potential money laundering and involvement with chinese gangs known as triads, who allegedly brought in
executive at his casino empire, a case that raises questions about the sources of adelson s much sought after fortune. stephen jacobs ran his ambitious casino venture off the coast of china. when that business exploded and made adelson one of the wealthiest men in the world. jacobs said in a deposition he was fired from his job after he objected to what he called the casino s illicit business practices. i did report the activities of some of the specific allegations where sheldon adelson was personally involved in wrong doing, illegal and/or immoral activities? you bet. reporter: he claims they included rampant prostitution and loan sharking, potential money laundering and involvement with chinese gangs known as triads, who allegedly brought in high-stakes gamblers on so-casualty junkets. adelson disputed the allegation. we have no intention and will not do things that violate any
cockpit doors already secured and stronger and heavier and all of these airlines, and it took that first time event, unexpected event that made everyone, including all the companies saying oh, yeah, we ve got to do it. i m sure cory bennett, every company of any size in america today is having emergency i.t. meetings of how do we defend ourselves against this. what s interesting is that the attack we saw on sony was the first large-scale successful destructive attack. it wasn t just that hackers were going in to steal information. they were going to wipe files from sony s system. now this has happened before. we saw earlier this week sheldon edelson s casino empire had a similar attack from iran earlier this year. but this one has really woen companies up to this threat of a destructive attack. and everyone i ve talked to in the security industry virtually guarantees me that there will be copycat attacks. now that someone has kicked down the door, others will follow. thank very muc
cockpit doors already secured and stronger and heavier and all of these airlines, and it took that first time event, unexpected event that made everyone, including all the companies saying oh, yeah, we ve got to do it. i m sure cory bennett, every company of any size in america today is having emergency i.t. meetings of how do we defend ourselves against this. what s interesting is that the attack we saw on sony was the first large-scale successful destructive attack. it wasn t just that hackers were going in to steal information. they were going to wipe files from sony s system. now this has happened before. we saw earlier this week sheldon edelson s casino empire had a similar attack from iran earlier this year. but this one has really woen companies up to this threat of a destructive attack. and everyone i ve talked to in the security industry virtually guarantees me that there will be copycat attacks. now that someone has kicked down the door, others will follow.
phenomenon is all about and why it is so controversial. one guy, the eighth richest american, according to forbes magazine, worth $8 billion, giving $5 million to one committee that is backing newt gingrich to run an ad campaign in south carolina a, attack ads against mitt romney. what s happening here and with the whole super pac is turning our campaign finance laws on its head, according to critics. the idea of limits was to limit the power of one individual, to influence a presidential election. here, we have a guy, a billionaire, with his own economic interests, casino, worldwide casino empire, who can give unlimited amounts thanks to the super pac phenomenon, as a result of the citizens united decision and what s especially