History: PBS Special on J. Edgar Hoover and the Mafia
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Feds Want Judge to Slam Environmental Terrorist With Tough Sentence
Intermittently the feds talk about the threat of environmental terrorism. But most often it takes a backseat to international terrorism. But in Michigan, prosecutors want a judge to give a tough sentence to Marie Mason. By ED WHITE The Associated Press DETROIT – Federal prosecutors want a 20-year prison sentence for an Ohio woman whose…
Arizona Customs Agent and Wife Busted For Taking Bribes Involving Ectasy Smuggling
It’s tough enough patrolling our nation’s borders. But when you have crooked border patrol agents it makes it all that much tougher. By Jennifer Lawinski Fox News A customs agent and his wife were arrested (Wednesday) night in Arizona on charges of accepting bribes to allow more than 600,000 fake ecstasy pills into the country….
Newsweek Reports That Bush in Final Days Instructed Karl Rove Not To Cooperate in Probes
President Bush initially talked about being a uniter, not a divider. But Karl Rove was very much a man who helped create a divide in this country. The President apparently had a little advice for Rove before departing to Texas: Keep Your Yap Shut. Michael Isikoff Newsweek Web Exclusive WASHINGTON — Just four days before…
Deputy For Disgraced Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty
The ghost of Jack Abramoff continues to cast a cloud over this wheeling-and-dealing city. He was the poster boy of the ugly side of Washington. Here’s the latest fruits of his labor. By NEDRA PICKLER The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A former deputy to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty Friday to lavishing congressional staffers…
Last DEA Agents Leave Bolivia as Relationship With U.S. Continues to Sink
This perplexing development is a blow to the DEA’s war on drugs and is a further sign of the deteriorating relationship between the U.S. and Bolivia. Will any other South American nations follow? By Chris Kraul Los Angeles Times LA PA, Bolivia — The last U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents left Bolivia on Thursday after…
N.Y. U.S. Atty Office Breeding Ground for Stars
This office has an alum list of whos who including Sen. Charles Schumer,Rudy Guiliani, Rep. Charles Rangel and former FBI director Louis Freeh. Not a bad list. By BENJAMIN WEISER New York Times When a longtime federal prosecutor, Cathy Seibel, was sworn in as a federal judge last month, the onlookers included many former colleagues…
Colorado Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Obama and Blow Up Mall
By P. SOLOMON BANDA Associated Press Writer DENVER-A Colorado man has been indicted on charges of threatening to kill President Barack Obama and blow up the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis. A federal grand jury in Denver handed up the indictment Tuesday against 20-year-old Timothy Ryan Gutierrez of Cortez, in southwestern Colorado. The U.S….