Trial begins today for five Muslims accused of planning an attack at Ft. Dix in New Jersey. Were they hell-bent on carrying out the mission or just trying to sound tougher than they were? Jurors will need to sort that out. The U.S. has had mixed results in terrorism trials since 2001. By George Anastasia…
The government wants a federal judge to throw out a case involving a Muslim scientist who worked at a nuclear warship plant. They say it will expose national secrets. The scientist claims he’s being punished for criticizing the U.S. and the FBI. By JOE MANDAK Associated Press Writer PITTSBURGH — A federal judge does not…
Bruce E. Ivins, the suspected anthrax killer who committed suicide, was a complex person. Some friends saw him as a good person. Some evidence suggests he was a mad scientist — and a dangerous one at that. Some are still not convinced he’s the killer. Soon to be a motion picture? By Anne Hull, Marilyn…
Scandal continues to bubble in southern Florida. The latest: An FBI raid of a county commissioner’s home. Maria Herrera and Mark Hollis Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – Palm Beach County Commissioner Mary McCarty’s home was searched Friday by the FBI, making her the latest county official to come under scrutiny by federal investigators….
An ex-alderman aide was convicted in Chicago, but got off on the bribery charges. By Ofelia Casillas Chicago Tribune. CHICAGO — A federal jury on Friday convicted a one-time aide to former Chicago Ald. Arenda Troutman of mail fraud and making false statements to the FBI but acquitted him on two counts of bribery. Steven…
It has been 13 years since the Oklahoma City bombing that stunned the nation. Now a Utah lawyer has been given the green light to question convicted conspirator Terry Nichols in connection with a prison death related in an indirect way to the bombing. By Pamela Manson The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY – A…
BOSTON — A former executive at the Biopure Corp. of Cambridge was charged Wednesday with lying to a federal judge about having cancer, the Justice Department said. Howard P. Richman, 57, of Pearland, Tex., was charged with falsely telling a federal judge that he had colon cancer to get out of participating in a civil…
In Las Vegas, there’s more than blackjack and poker going on — at least that’s what the FBI suspects. Agents are looking into suspicious links between homeowners associations and construction companies and lawyers. By Adrienne Packer Las Vegas Review-Journal LAS VEGAS — In its sweeping investigation into homeowners associations, the federal government is digging up…
