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December 18, 2008

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Some FBI Agents in Iraq Got Overtime to Attend Parties and Watch Movies

allan17 years ago12 years ago22 mins

This comes under the category of “not good publicity for the bureau.” By LARA JAKES JORDAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — Taxpayers were billed an average of $45,000 in overtime and extra pay for each FBI agent temporarily posted to Iraq over the course of four years, according to a new Justice Department report. In…

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FBI Says Tribune Story Didn’t Affect Timing of Gov’s Arrest

allan17 years ago12 years ago01 mins

By The Wall Street Journal Washington Wire The timing of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s arrest wasn’t affected by a Chicago Tribune story that reported Blagojevich was being secretly recorded as part of a political corruption investigation, a Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman said. The Dec. 9 arrest, the spokesman said, had been planned before the…

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Brace For The Invasion of the Political Appointees at DOJ

ross17 years ago110 mins

With the arrival of a new administration in Washington will come a hoard of new faces at the top of nearly every department and agency. Nowhere is this event viewed with more consternation than among the working stiffs in the 93 U. S. Attorneys’ Offices. And I can only assume that something similar occurs in…

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An Interview With the Justice Official Who Leaked Info to the Press About the NSA Eavesdropping Program

allan17 years ago17 years ago01 mins

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO9nW6TqI_w

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Cigar-Chomping-Mob Fighting Detroit Fed Prosecutor Keith Corbett Calling it Quits

allan17 years ago17 years ago02 mins

He may not be one of kind, but he’s the last of a kind. Cigar chomping, Notre Dame fan, Corbett was a fixture in Detroit in the fight against the mob. By David Ashenfelter Detroit Free Press DETROIT — The federal prosecutor who helped break the Detroit Mafia is calling it quits. Keith Corbett, 59,…

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