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Buffalo FBI Agent Shot and Wounded Apparently By Another Agent During Drug Dealer Roundup
A bullet is a bullet, friendly fire or not. It’s one of law enforcement’s biggest nightmares: shooting one of their own. By Dan Herbeck, Lou Michel and Gene Warner News Staff Reporters BUFFALO — An FBI agent was shot early this morning, apparently by another agent, while executing an arrest warrant during a roundup of…
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Obama Proposes 3.5% Increase in Justice Dept. Budget
Eric Holder By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – The Obama adminstration is proposing a 3.5 percent budget increase in fiscal 2010 for the Justice Department to boost enforcement in such areas as civil rights, national security and intelligence, financial fraud and border controls. The total budget comes to $26.5 billion. “The President has promised that, from…
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FBI Informant Infiltrated California Mosques
News of this informant can only make the Islamic community more weary about the FBI. The FBI has made extra efforts to nurture a relationship with the Islamic community, but some efforts have fallen short. Teresa Watanabe and Scott Glover Los Angeles Times As federal authorities press their case against a Tustin man accused of…
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Drug Czar Nominee Robert Kerlikowske Not Big on Pot Busts
The new drug czar may have a different approach to drugs. For one, his record as Seattle Police chief shows he’s not big on focusing on marijuana busts. But can he offer up a different enough approach to make an impact on a war on drugs in which victory is always beyond reach? And…
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Afghan Immigrant Says He Faces Charges Because He Refused to Be an FBI Snitch
By Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif – An Afghan immigrant accused of lying on his citizenship application is claiming he is being charged because he refused to become an FBI informant. Ahmad Niazi was arrested in Orange County last week on perjury, passport fraud and other charges. Authorities allege he is the brother-in-law of Osama…
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CAIR Invites FBI’s Mueller To Minn. Dinner Even Though He Cut Ties to the Islamic Group
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it invited FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III to a community dinner Wednesday at Minneapolis Mosque – an interesting move considering the FBI recently cut off official ties to the organization because of its support of Hamas. “The invitation to Director Mueller…
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FBI Rounds Up 48 Teen Prostitutes in Nationwide Sweep
This is one of the sadder segments of society we only hear about from time to time. The FBI rounded up 48 suspected teenage prostitutes. The question is: How many more are out there? By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – The FBI has rescued 48 suspected teenage prostitutes, some as young as 13…
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FBI Director Mueller Invokes Name of Hockey Great Gretzky in Terrorism Speech
By Allan Lengel tickelthewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III invoked the name of hockey great Wayne Gretzky during a speech on terrorism Monday before the Council on Foreign Relations. “Hockey great Wayne Gretzky was once asked how he consistently managed to be at the right place on the ice at the right…