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May 7, 2009

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FBI Wants Ex-Agent to Remove Bureau Seal From Website and Any Book Reprints

allan16 years ago12 years ago02 mins

The questions are: Is this battle worth it? Is it bad public relations? And are there better ways for the FBI to spend its resources? By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON — You’d think that the nation’s number one domestic counterterrorism agency would have better things to do than yap at authors and publishers about…

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Cyber Piracy: FBI and Va. State Police Search for Hackers Who Have Demanded $10 Million For Pharmacy Records

allan16 years ago12 years ago01 mins

This is the equivalent of piracy on the high seas. The only difference is: records — not human life — are at the heart of the ransom demand. By Brian Krebs and Anita Kumar Washington Post Staff Writers RICHMOND, Va. May 7 — The FBI and Virginia State Police are searching for hackers who have…

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FBI Wiretapped Ex-Congressman Curt Weldon’s Inner Circle and at Least One Reporter

allan16 years ago12 years ago12 mins

The Justice Department has sent out wiretap letters, which may indicate that this probe is over. Ex-Rep Curt Weldon was never charged. By WILLIAM BENDER Philadelphia Daily News PHILADELPHIA — Federal investigators were running wiretaps for months at a time in 2006 on then-U.S. Rep. Curton Weldon’s chief of staff and other members of his…

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Bernie Madoff’s Secretary Speaks Out

allan16 years ago16 years ago01 mins

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNYk1OE7Dkg Bernie Madoff Relatives and Employees Went on Monthly Spending Sprees With His Amex Card (N.Y. Post) Read Highlights of Vanity Fair Story on Madoff’s Secretary

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N.Y. Cops Aid Ailing Fed Judge and Win False Arrest Case

allan16 years ago16 years ago02 mins

Well, it was a good day for 2 cops in Brooklyn fed court. They helped a sick judge and they won their case. Hope they went off and tried their luck at the Lotto. By John Marzulli New York Daily News NEW YORK — Two city cops who were defendants in a civil case came…

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Six ex-Univ. of Toledo Athletes and 2 Businessmen Indicted in Sports Point Shaving Scam

allan16 years ago16 years ago03 mins

People always like to think that college sports is purer than professional sports; The athletes don’t get paid, the pressures aren’t the same. But along comes a scandal like this. It makes you step back and think again. Paul Egan The Detroit News DETROIT — Two area businessmen and six former University of Toledo athletes…

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Government Wants Court to Reverse Finding that Boston FBI Framed 4 Men in 1965 Gangland Slaying

allan16 years ago12 years ago03 mins

This case is a major blemish on the Boston FBI, which has taken a major hit for its role in dealing with the mob and mobsters like Whitey Bulger. The government appears to have an uphill battle in reversing a lower court ruling. By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe BOSTON — As he sat in a…

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Appeals Court Upholds Legality of Fed Raid on Va. Muslim Charities

allan16 years ago16 years ago02 mins

The raid hasn’t done much good for the relationship between federal law enforcement and the Islamic community in the Washington/Virginia region. But the court said the feds did nothing wrong. A ruling to the contrary may have given the Islamic community more ammunition to criticize federal law enforcement. By Jerry Markon Washington Post Staff Writer…

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