Weekend Series on Crime History: RFK’s Assassin Sirhan Sirhan

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl52Vd6RL8A httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ev_swDCEFg WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST DeLay Aide Sentenced to 20 Months in Abramoff Lobbying Scandal (Washington Post) Pitcher Roger Clemens Subpoenas House Committee on Testmony (Washington Post) FBI File on late Sen. Ted Stevens Has Color But Little News (AP) Whitey Bulger Victims’ Relatives Plan to Push Forward in Legal Battle (Boston Globe) Justice…

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DEA Says Lebanese Bank Laundered Drug Money Linked to Hezbollah

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The DEA and Treasury Department on Thursday accused the Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL and its subsidiaries (LCB) of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in drug profits by an organization linked to the Lebanese organization Hezbollah. In its announcement, authorities designated the bank as a “primary money laundering concern.”…

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Ex-House Staff Member Convicted of Taking Bribe: Trip to Game One of 2003 World Series

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Game One of the 2003 World Series at Yankee Stadium; All expense paid trip. Priceless? Only when you don’t get caught. Fraser C. Verrusio, 41, a former staff member for Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who was then-chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee,  was convicted Thursday after a…

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