Actress Anne Hathaway figures it’s time for a new leading man. BY Thomas Zambito New York Daily News NEW YORK — Italian con man Raffaello Follieri was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Thursday for scamming investors out of millions by claiming to be a Vatican insider. Follieri, the former boyfriend of actress Anne…
“There may be trouble ahead” the lyric goes in the first line of Irving Berlin’s famous song, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”. That seems apropos when we contemplate the state of Federal law enforcement in this pre-presidential election season. Tellingly absent from the candidates’ daily dialogue in this presidential election is any mention of…
My name is Jim and I am a retired “Fed.” I spent 33 years on the job (following six years as an Army officer). My law enforcement career ran the spectrum from rookie agent to Presidential appointee. I worked in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Michigan, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. I’ve been gone from carrying a…
From the outset, the trial seemed a little chaotic. Now that chaos has spilled over into jury deliberations. Will Stevens benefit from it all? Sen. Ted Stevens/ official photo By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The foreman of the jury in Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ corruption trial asked today that a…
Every organizations needs money to flourish. No one knows that better than the DEA and Colombian investigators who dug deep to find a drug connection between Colombia and Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese-based militia. By Chris Kraul and Sebastian Rotella Los Angeles Times (Reported from Bogota, Colombia and Madrid) — U.S. and Colombian investigators have dismantled…
Some people are computer illiterate. Not Councilman Tony Trout, unfortunately. By Ben Szobody The Greenville News GREENVILLE, S.C. — County Councilman Tony Trout was charged in a five-count indictment Wednesday with unlawfully accessing computers used by the county administrator and Yahoo, destroying records and intercepting and disclosing electronic communication, charges that could bring a maximum…
These days the friendly skies are getting a little less friendly and little more intrusive. Will less privacy mean safer skies? By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer ARLINGTON, Va. — The Department of Homeland Security will take responsibility from airlines for checking passenger names against watch lists beginning in January and will require…
