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Football Hangs its Head: FBI Stings 3 Former Pro Football Players in Tax Refund Scam
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Football has seen better weeks. Three former pro football players were among those arrested in a Florida tax ring this week that involved an FBI sting, reported CBS News from Miami yesterday. The FBI set up an undercover cash checking store in North Miami and the three cashed about $500,000 in fraudulent refund…
Fed Judge Deciding Whether FBI Improperly Gathered Evidence
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Yet another instance of the war on terror infringing on personal freedoms? Or a case of bureaucracy standing in the way of justice? Federal Judge Garr M. King has to make that determination. Oregon Live reports that King has delayed ruling on whether the FBI improperly gathered evidence on Portland terrorism suspect…
Terrorism and the American Dream: Part II
In case you missed part one of this series, you’ll find that here, Terrorism and the American Dream: Part I. Also, ticklethewire.com columnist Greg Stejskal, a retired FBI agent, previously wrote a column defending the prosecutor in the case, Richard Convertino. To read that column called “Sleeper Cell Nightmare” click here. By Allan Lengel Deadline…
Quelque 33% des victimes ont déclaré ont déclaré dans l’étude
Dans les yeux de l’autre, la professionnelle compétente n’est plus qu’un unique objet de convoitise sexuelle. Quelque 33% des victimes ont déclaré ont déclaré dans l’étude de l’Ifop que leur santé physique et morale a été atteinte. Car sans aucune raison, elles culpabilisent. canada goose paris J. C., les reliquaires en pierre renferment très souvent…
Author Says Investigators Blew Chances to Prevent OK Bombing
Andrew Gumbel is a Los Angeles-based journalist and writer and a longtime foreign correspondent for British newspapers. He is a co-author of the book: “Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed–and Why It Still Matters.” By Andrew Gumbel Huffington Post Ever since Timothy McVeigh’s execution, four months to the day before 9/11, a certain conventional…
Secret Service Dir: No Sensitive Info Compromised in Hooker-Gate
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Director of the U.S. Secret told Sen. Chuck Grassley that his agents did not compromise any sensitive information during the visit to Colombia that involved booze and hookers. “The Secret Service has no information to suggest that sensitive information was compromised during the Colombia trip,” Director Mark Sullivan wrote in…
Pt I: Terrorism and the American Dream
In the first of three installments, Deadline Detroit tells the story of how Karim Koubriti has rebuilt his life after being wrongly convicted of terrorism. The prosecutor was indicted for subverting justice, but was acquitted. By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Enthusiastic and ambitious, Karim Koubriti came to America from Morocco in search…
Conviction for al Quaeda Operative Who Intentionally Crashed Car on U.S. Highway and Plotted NYC Subway Bombing
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Authorities called it one of the most serious terrorist plots against America since 9/11. On Tuesday, 28-year-old Adis Medunjanin of Queens paid for that ambitious plot. Medunjanin was convicted on terror charges on Tuesday in New York fed court after a 4-week trial exposed the depth of his plots with former high…