The white powder craze is back. Envelopes filled with suspicious powder were sent to Mormon temples in Los Angeles and Utah. By Tami Abdollah Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — The Mormon temple in Westwood was closed Thursday afternoon after an envelope filled with an unidentified white, powdery substance was delivered to temple employees, Los…
The long, drawn out anthrax investigation is sure to be sliced and diced by critics for years to come. Gabriel Schoenfeld of Commentary Magazine takes a shot. By Gabriel Schoenfeld Commentary Magazine The FBI’s investigation of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks was the most complex and important in the bureau’s history. Immense resources were invested…
Now that the election is over, it’s time for more scandal on Capitol Hill. Here’s the latest. Henry K. Lee San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer WASHINGTON –An aide to Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., has been charged in federal court in Virginia with receiving and distributing child pornography. Jeff Rosato, 32, of Arlington, Va. was arrested…
Nothing says “I Love You” more than big paper bags full of money. Well the feds say that’s how the love was shown here down in the deep south in Greene County. By WLOX-tv GREENE COUNTY, Miss — A Greene County Supervisor and a Lucedale businessman are accused in a bribery scheme over Katrina debris…
We depend on them to keep our flight from getting hijacked. But some of these guys should be in handcuffs, not on our planes with guns. By Michael Grabell ProPublica Shawn Nguyen bragged that he could sneak anything past airport security using his top-secret clearance as a federal air marshal. And for months, he smuggled…
The Justice Department’s image under A.G. Alberto Gonzales was seriously damaged. The Obama team will be working to repair it. It may take a while. By Carrie Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — As a transition team for the Obama administration begins work on a Justice Department overhaul, the key question is where to…
Convicted Sen. Ted Stevens, who has insisted he is innocent, has suddenly slipped behind in the race as ballots continue to be counted. By Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, a titan of Alaska politics convicted of felony charges last month, fell behind by three votes Wednesday as the count resumed in…
As part of the ongoing crackdown on secret Swiss bank accounts, the Justice Department has come down hard on bank giant UBS. By Lynnley Browning New York Times A senior Swiss executive at the banking giant UBS has been indicted in an investigation of the bank and its offshore private banking services for wealthy Americans,…
