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Ex-N.Y. State Sen. Majority Leader Joseph Bruno Indicted
BY GLENN BLAIN DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU ALBANY –Former State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno was indicted Friday on charges of pocketing at least $3 million by steering contracts to select businesses. Bruno, who retired from the Legislature in July after more than 32 years in office, was charged in an eight-count indictment with taking…
Internet Child Porn Cases Creates Backlog in FBI Computer Lab
If press releases are any measure, the federal government is being inundated with child porn cases. The Internet, for all its greatness, has created a nightmare in the area of child porn. By The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The FBI’s stepped-up effort to fight Internet child pornography has led to an evidence backlog in the…
Chicago Cop Pleads In Fed Court To Beating Handcuffed Man In Wheelchair
In a department that has had its fair share of negative publicity, this can’t help. BY FRAN MAIN Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — A Chicago Police officer pleaded guilty today to a civil rights violation for beating a 60-year-old man who was handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair. “I lost it,” Officer William Cozzi admitted in…
Judge Changes Mind: Atty. Gen. Mukasey Won’t Have To Give Sworn Statement In Messy Stevens Case
Atty. Gen. Mukasey got a reprieve from the a federal judge. Still, the Sen. Stevens case is not looking good for the governor. It’s hard to believe the judge won’t at least call for a new trial. By The Anchorage Daily News WASHINGTON — The judge in Ted Stevens’ false-disclosure case reversed himself Wednesday and…
FBI Cared More What George Carlin Said About Hoover than Dirty Words
It seems in the end it often came back to J. Edgar Hoover, a man with a lot of power and a healthy ego. By John Rogers Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Talk about irony. Comedian George Carlin spent decades pushing the bounds of free speech by saying the seven words you can never say…
FBI May Have Recorded Up to 50 Conversations Between Gov. Blagojevich and Brother
It appears Gov. Rod Blagojevich isn’t the only family member facing more embarrassing moments. The FBI apparently recorded dozens of conversations between the Gov and his brother Robert. BY NATASHA KORECKI Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — The governor’s brother, Robert Blagojevich, now says he was probably caught on secret government wiretaps as many as 50 times….
Law Enforcement Pleasantly Surprised: No Inauguration Related Arrests
white house photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – My what a difference four years makes. At the last presidential inauguration in 2005, when President Bush was being sworn in for a second term, about 20 people were arrested. What’s more, D.C. police reported that 10 of its officers were injured after clashing with anti-war…
Feds Charging Moms and Others With Terrorism Aboard Planes
Is an irate mother aboard a plane who spanks her child a terrorist? Are the feds going too far charging people on planes with acts of terrorism? Could be. By Ralph Vartabedian and Peter Pae Los Angeles Times Reporting from Los Angeles and Oklahoma City — Tamera Jo Freeman was on a Frontier Airlines flight…