Text of Threatening Letter/fbi photo One Of The Envelopes/fbi photo The letters are a little too reminiscent of 2001. The FBI is turning to the public for help. By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Government agents turned to the public Thursday to help find whoever sent more than 50 threatening letters, many of which declared…
Like milk, informants have a limited shelf life — at least that seem to be gist of the testimony earlier this week. By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe Staff MIAMI – The FBI dropped James “Whitey” Bulger and Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi as informants in 1990 because their handler, agent John J. Connolly Jr., was retiring…
Can time run out on justice? Federal authorities says they are investigating 22 civil rights-era crimes, but a court ruling invoking the statute of limitations could undermine their efforts. By HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. – Federal prosecutors have identified 22 current investigations into civil rights-era crimes that could be impacted by a federal…
Actress Anne Hathaway figures it’s time for a new leading man. BY Thomas Zambito New York Daily News NEW YORK — Italian con man Raffaello Follieri was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Thursday for scamming investors out of millions by claiming to be a Vatican insider. Follieri, the former boyfriend of actress Anne…
From the outset, the trial seemed a little chaotic. Now that chaos has spilled over into jury deliberations. Will Stevens benefit from it all? Sen. Ted Stevens/ official photo By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The foreman of the jury in Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ corruption trial asked today that a…
Every organizations needs money to flourish. No one knows that better than the DEA and Colombian investigators who dug deep to find a drug connection between Colombia and Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese-based militia. By Chris Kraul and Sebastian Rotella Los Angeles Times (Reported from Bogota, Colombia and Madrid) — U.S. and Colombian investigators have dismantled…
Some people are computer illiterate. Not Councilman Tony Trout, unfortunately. By Ben Szobody The Greenville News GREENVILLE, S.C. — County Councilman Tony Trout was charged in a five-count indictment Wednesday with unlawfully accessing computers used by the county administrator and Yahoo, destroying records and intercepting and disclosing electronic communication, charges that could bring a maximum…
These days the friendly skies are getting a little less friendly and little more intrusive. Will less privacy mean safer skies? By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer ARLINGTON, Va. — The Department of Homeland Security will take responsibility from airlines for checking passenger names against watch lists beginning in January and will require…
