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He’s Coming, He’s Going? The Latest: Suspected Nazi John Demjanjuk Due in Germany by Tuesday
This guy has had more detours than a California freeway under construction. The latest is that he’s supposed to be in Germany by Tuesday. We’ll see. By M.R. Kropko Associated Press SEVEN HILLS, Ohio — Suspected Nazi guard John Demjanjuk is expected to be deported to Germany by Tuesday, a German Justice Ministry spokesman said…
How We Got Our Son Off The Terrorist Watch List
The silly problems with the FBI’s terrorist list is perhaps best exemplified with this story by Mary Jacoby, founder of the new website Main Justice. Here’s her amusing — and not so amusing– story about her son Charlie. By Mary Jacoby Main Justice WASHINGTON — The release last week of a Department of Justice Inspector…
New 2010 Budget Reveals FBI’s Development of New Surveillance Technology
The FBI, which has been criticized in the past for not always being up to snuff in the area of computers, is trying to advance its high-tech capabilities. The money is there. Now it’s up to the bureau to follow through. By Jason Ryan ABC NEWS WASHINGTON — The release of the 2010 budget request…
Weekend Series: More on J. Edgar Hoover and the Kennedys
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Calif. Woman Pleads Guilty to Selling Endangered Sea Turtle Guitar Picks
By Brian Schott ticklethewire.com China has a well-known taste for trading in strange and exotic animal parts. Bear bile. Rhinoceros horn. But endangered sea turtle guitar picks? Qing Song, a Santa Rosa, Calif., woman, pleaded guilty Wednesday in San Francisco federal court to violating the Lacey Act by importing from China guitar picks and turtle…
Tomato Industry “Ripe” with Fraud: Former Sales Broker Convicted in Fed Court of Bribery
The former purchasing director for Nabisco had steered contracts for tomatoes to SK Foods at inflated prices in exchange for bribes. SK Foods had formerly been in trouble for lying about the quality of potentially mold-filled shipments of tomato. Maybe these people should face a firing squad armed with moldy tomatoes. By Denny Walsh Sacramento…
FBI to Pay $879,550 For Scientific Review of Deadly Anthrax Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Nine months after the real suspect in the anthrax killings committed suicide, there are still plenty unanswered questions as to why the FBI let its top investigator on the case focus for so long on the wrong guy, Steven Hatfill, even after some investigators and prosecutors expressed serious skepticism…
A Number of Women Landing Top Spots at Homeland Security
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Though law enforcement is still often considered a “boys club”, women are landing a number of top spots at the Department of Homeland Security. Rich Cooper, a columnist for Security DeBrief, has compiled an impressive list of woman holding top spots besides Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano. “While I’ve not…