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Illinois Couple Killed After Agreeing To Cooperate With FBI
Coincidence or Not? A couple was shot to death after agreeing to cooperate in an FBI probe of a farmer. By Jim Suhr The Associated Press EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A couple who helped a farmer hide a tractor from his creditors were found shot to death at their rural home just two days…
Men In Ft. Dix Terrorist Case Bought Assault Weapons
Defendants in the Ft. Dix terrorism case were caught buying weapons from an FBI informant. Were they terrorists or just wannabes? By JASON NARK Philadelphia Daily News CAMDEN, N.J. –Moments before an FBI SWAT team kicked in his door, the government’s top informant in the Fort Dix terrorism case dropped a little irony on two…
“Die Hard” Director Gets Break In Lie to FBI
In Hollywood, people are always re-writing the endings. Well, the U.S. Court of Appeals has given “Die Hard” director John McTiernanan the opportunity to re-write his ending after he pleaded guilty to lying to an FBI agent in the infamous Pellicano wiretap scandal. By Victoria Kim Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A Hollywood director…
Fed Judge In Philly Asks Whether White Student Got Preferential Treatment
In the city of brotherly love, a federal judge suggests race may have been a consideration in a potential child pornography case involving a white Ivy League student. Maryclaire Dale The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge questioned Tuesday why a white Ivy League student found with thousands of images of child pornography during…
Ex-Chicago Police Official Accused Of Torture And Perjury
To say the least, the allegations are not good for the Chicago Police Department’s reputation. By Natasha Korecki Chicago Sun-Times TAMPA, Fla. – Former Police Cmdr. Jon Burge – who has cast a long shadow over the Chicago Police Department because of accusations he tortured suspects for two decades – was arrested this morning on…
AUSA John P. Collins Jr. Winner Of Law Enforcement Award
Assistant U.S. Attorney John P. Collins Jr. of the Southern District of New York was recently named a winner of a 2007 Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) National Award for his prosecution of two violent Westchester County street gangs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Collins and others helped indict 37 gang members, authorities said….
Appeals Court Faults Boston FBI In Mob Killing
By Milton J. Valencia Boston Globe The U.S. Appeals Court has upheld a lower court ruling holding the FBI responsible for the 1984 killing of a Quincy fisherman by Winter Hill gang leaders and a rogue agent who leaked information to them, in a decision that could settle at least six other cases claiming the…