Henry G Barr

A former top aide to U.S. Atty. Gen. Dick Thornburgh was sentenced Thursday to 16 months in prison for cocaine possession and lying about using drugs when he applied for his Justice Department job. Henry G. Barr, who served as Thornburgh's liaison to other federal agencies, is believed to be the highest-ranking present or former federal official convicted in a drug case. He worked for Thornburgh in Washington and when Thornburgh was governor. Barr, 47, also was fined $10,150.

A former top aide to U.S. Atty. Gen. Dick Thornburgh was sentenced Thursday to 16 months in prison for cocaine possession and lying about using drugs when he applied for his Justice Department job. Henry G. Barr, who served as Thornburgh's liaison to other federal agencies, is believed to be the highest-ranking present or former federal official convicted in a drug case. He worked for Thornburgh in Washington and when Thornburgh was governor. Barr, 47, also was fined $10,150.

A former longtime aide to Atty. Gen. Dick Thornburgh who served as his liaison with Justice Department investigative agencies was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury on four counts of using cocaine and lying to the FBI about it. Henry G. Barr, 47, who earlier held the post of counsel for Thornburgh when he was governor of Pennsylvania, left the Justice Department on May 12, 1989, a month after the indictment alleged he possessed cocaine at a private residence in Camp Hill, Pa.

A former longtime aide to Atty. Gen. Dick Thornburgh who served as his liaison with Justice Department investigative agencies was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury on four counts of using cocaine and lying to the FBI about it. Henry G. Barr, 47, who earlier held the post of counsel for Thornburgh when he was governor of Pennsylvania, left the Justice Department on May 12, 1989, a month after the indictment alleged he possessed cocaine at a private residence in Camp Hill, Pa.