Should such a competitive approach be pursued henceforth, the result will be to invigorate and improve the quality of formal intelligence community estimates and their usefulness to policy-makers and to help insulate such analyses from undue political influence aimed at eliciting a desired answer.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: US-Soviet Relations

In stark contrast, when in 2004 I calculated an index of "legally corrupt" manifestations (measured through the extent of undue influence through political finance and powerful firms influencing politicians and policy making), the U.S. rated in the bottom half among the 104 countries surveyed.

FORBES: Corruption And The Global Financial Crisis

It is bad for democracy when a single rich man is perceived to have purchased undue influence over a political party.

ECONOMIST: Living on his wits