Are the five men on trial part of the al-Qaeda fan club or were they duped by the government? By By George Anastasia Philadelphia Inquirer CAMDEN, N.J. — The five defendants in the Fort Dix terrorism trial were described by a federal prosecutor yesterday as dedicated jihadists intent on attacking America. “Their motive was to…
By Milton J. Valencia Boston Globe The U.S. Appeals Court has upheld a lower court ruling holding the FBI responsible for the 1984 killing of a Quincy fisherman by Winter Hill gang leaders and a rogue agent who leaked information to them, in a decision that could settle at least six other cases claiming the…
It has been one turbulent ride for Special Counsel Scott Bloch. He says it’s time to go. By Lara Jakes Jordan The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation’s top protector of whistle-blowers, who himself is being investigated for allegedly retaliating against employees, said Monday he will resign at the end of his term in January…
TUCSON, Ariz. – Defense lawyers in trial want to mention an illegal immigrant’s gang tatoo if a judge allows the prosecution to introduce testimony about the immigrant’s good character, the Associated Press reported. The pretrial motion was raised Monday in the case of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbett. Corbett goes on trial again today…
Starr County Sheriff Reymundo Guerra went from a very trusted member of the community to a man so distrusted a federal judge wouldn’t let him out on bond on Monday pending trial. Sheriff Reymundo Guerra By Lynn Brezosky San Antonio Express-News BROWNSVILLE -Reymundo Guerra’s resignation as Starr County sheriff didn’t convince a federal magistrate judge…
ATLANTA — U.S. Atty. David. E. Nahmias recently announced that his office hired 24 new federal prosecutors in the past 16 months. The new additions include: Chris Bly, Jill E. Steinberg, David Suchar, Lynn Thesing, Richard Moultrie, Gerald Sachs, Cassandra Schansman, Michael Smith, Corey Steinberg, Christopher Huber, Matthew Jackson, Tracia King, Mary Kruger, Sally Molloy,…
Jeannette Adelaide Steinbraker, 92, a secretary for the FBI in the 1930s. died Oct. 11 of congestive heart failure in Derwood, Md., the Washington Post reported. After working at the FBI Steinbraker went to the National Cancer Institute, the paper reporter. She retired as assistant grants administrator at the National Cancer Institute in 1981.
