Presidential campaigns always seem to get nasty and this one is no different. The feds are looking into an incident in which Sen. Barack Obama was hanged in effigy at a university in Oregon. Just who is behind it isn’t clear. By Wade Nkrumah The Oregonian PORTLAND, Ore. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation began…
Sen. Ted Stevens is trying to get re-elected in the midst of a major distraction: his criminal trial. Stevens claims he paid his bills and was honest and upstanding. Will the jury buy it? Will the electorate buy it? By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens (R) paid every bill…
The Soprano-like murder trial of an ex-FBI agent continued to deliver colorful testmony. Gangster Stephen “The Rifelman” Flemmi spent his third day on the witness stand and talked about buddy “Whitey” Bulger (photo). By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe Staff MIAMI — Notorious gangster and longtime FBI informant Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi boasted to a Florida…
A county corruption probe prompted FBI agents Tuesday night to search the chambers of two local judges including Judge Steven Terry. The probe first surfaced publicly in July and is heating up. By James F. McCarty and Rachel Dissell Cleveland Plain Dealer CLEVELAND — The Cuyahoga County corruption scandal reached into the Justice Center Tuesday…
NORFOLK, Va. — A physicist was arrested Wednesday on charges of offering bribes and illegally exporting space launch technical data and services to the People’s Republic of China, the Justice Department said. Shu Quan-Sheng, 68, a native of China and a naturalized U.S. citizen was arrested by FBI agents in Newport News, Va., authorities said….
It’s been more than three years since FBI agents raided Rep. William J. Jefferson’s homes in New Orleans and Washington and found the famous $90,000 in the freezer. The case has still not gone to trial and Wednesday his lawyers argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals that most of the charges should be thrown…
More information is surfacing about the behavior of anthrax suspect Bruce E. Ivins, who committed suicide before the government could move forward with its case. The FBI has released new documents in the case. By David Dishneau Associated Press HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Anthrax mailing suspect Bruce E. Ivins’ access to Army biodefense laboratories was revoked…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The slow, methodical and sometimes painful process of picking a jury in the political corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens wrapped up Wednesday. During the first two days of jury selection, some prospective jurors said they simply felt Stevens was guilty. One Christian Scientist said her religion precluded her…
