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Convicted Ex-FBI Agent John Connolly Tells Newsweek: “I’m a Catholic. I Say Rosary Everyday and Pray For My Innocence”
The fascination with ex-FBI agent John Connolly, convicted in a mob murder, continues. Newsweek visited him in a Miami jail to get his take on his conviction in a mob murder. By Suzanne Smalley and Evan Thomas Newsweek For many years, John Connolly was the FBI’s most effective Mafia investigator in Boston. He has a…
Blackwater Guards Plan To Surrender in Utah To Get Favorable Venue
Sometimes the pre-trial legal battles can be intense. In this case, the pre-indictment battles are becoming intense. This one is shaping up as a battle of battles. By Salt Lake Tribune Staff And Wire Services Washington— Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards indicted in Washington, D.C., for the shooting of Iraqi civilians plan to surrender to…
Commentary: The Love and Loyalty for Troubled New Orleans Congressman Jefferson Has Faded
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – I always marveled at the voter loyalty Rep. William J. Jefferson generated. Long after the FBI found $90,000 in marked FBI bills in his freezer in August 2005, many many people in the “Big Easy” still loved him. Apparently, Saturday there wasn’t enough of that kind of special love…
A Man Once Framed by FBI For Murder is Charged With Illegal Gambling
A man who served more than 30 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit now faces illegal gambling charges. Any way you put it, here’s a man with an unlucky hand. By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press Writer WOBURN, Mass.— A man once framed by the FBI for murder pleaded not guilty Friday to…
Feds Correct Errors and Indict Barry Bonds for Third Time
In this case, the feds have decided, if you can’t get it right the first or second time, try try again. By Lance Williams San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 4)– Federal prosecutors in San Francisco indicted Barry Bonds for a third time today, once again rewriting the charges facing the former Giants star to…
Convicted Ex-FBI Agent John Connolly Breaks Silence: Denies Role in Mob Murder
His sentence was delayed until January. But during a hearing Thursday in Miami, ex-Boston FBI agent John Connolly accused the prosecutor of hiding evidence and denied having any role in a mob murder. By Rich Phillips CNN Senior Producer MIAMI, Fla. — Former FBI agent John Connolly, whose fall from celebrated mob-buster to paid gangland…
Two Texas Border Patrol Agents Charged With Drug Trafficking
The temptation to make money beyond the government paycheck may have been too much for two Border Patrol agents down in Texas. By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press Writer McALLEN, Texas – Two South Texas Border Patrol agents appeared in federal court Thursday on charges alleging they helped drug traffickers move their product across the U.S.-Mexico…