Rich Cooper, a columnist for Security DeBrief, a website on homeland security issues, has a few suggestions for a replacement for Homeland Security Sec. Michael Chertoff in 2009. Some of his nominees include New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. NYPD Police Chief Ray Kelly/official photo By Rich Cooper With Election…
The informant in the Ft. Dix trial, whose credibility has been attacked, was on the stand Tuesday. Jurors heard tapes of him while wearing an FBI wire. By Geoff Mulvihill Associated Press Writer CAMDEN, N.J. — The paid informant who helped build the case against five men accused of plotting to attack soldiers in New…
BROOKLYN – A reputed hit man for the Bonanno Crime Family was convicted Monday in the 2005 killing and dismembering of a man at a historic mansion on Staten Island, the Justice Department said. Joseph Young was found in Brooklyn U.S. District Court of murdering Robert McKelvey, authorities said.
The Haywood County Sheriff probably didn’t expect to be thrust into a national story about a presidential candidate. But here it is. Suspect Daniel Cowart-lower left/southern poverty law center By Bartholomew Sullivan Memphis Commercial Appeal It all began with a mother’s call to the Haywood County Sheriff’s Department in Brownsville, Tenn., last Wednesday night. The…
As the FBI has learned by now, there always some politician somewhere waiting to cash in. By Jessica Fargen and Mike Underwood The Boston Herald BOSTON — State Sen. Dianne Wilkerson was arrested this morning following an 18-month, “painstaking” undercover investigation, during which she was allegedly caught on tape stuffing a cash bribe into her…
It’s one of the worst fears of the Mexican and U.S. governments. Unfortunately, it’s not the first time and likely won’t be the last. By Tracy Wilkinson Los Angeles Times MEXICO CITY — In a damning blow to its fight against drug traffickers, the Mexican government Monday acknowledged severe penetration of a top law enforcement…
And you thought your job was stressful! By Thomas Watkins Associated Press WEST COVINA, Calif. – Weeks of drinking and carousing to win acceptance in a notorious motorcycle gang came down to a nerve-racking moment for three undercover federal agents: taking a polygraph examination in a room full of armed bikers. Flunking could threaten what…
Eduardo Arellano-Felix/dea photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The weekend arrest in Mexico of drug kingpin Eduardo Arellano-Felix was hailed Monday by the DEA as “one of the most significant arrests ever in the ongoing battle against global drug trafficking”. Authorities said the Drug Enforcement Administration in San Diego first identified the kingpin’s hideout in the…
