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Dick Cheney Says He Strongly Disagreed With Bush Over Scooter Libby Pardon
Perhaps one of the more surprising things at the end of the Bush era was that the president did not offer pardons to more high-profile people, particular those like Scooter Libby. Obviously, the grief President Clinton got for pardoning financier Marc Rich must have had some impact on his decision to pass on many pardons….
Wisconsin U.S. Atty. Erik Peterson Says He’s Glad to Stay for Now
U.S. Attorney Erik Peterson doesn’t know if he’s staying or not, but he’s glad to be sticking around for the time being. He talks about the unfortunate political digressions of the Bush administration when it came to the Justice Department and he mentions the things he’s most proud of in an interview with the Associated…
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U.S. Border Patrol Kicking out the Jams — Or At Least Folk Songs
This is one of more innovative ideas to come along in a long time. Interesting, though the obvious question is: Is it effective? By Ashley Surdin Washington Post Staff Writer To its arsenal of agents, fences and stealthy sensors skirting our nation’s southern border, the U.S. Border Patrol may soon add another weapon in the…
FBI Agents Give Up Digging For Mob Victims on Long Island
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After getting lucky last year and digging up the body of a mobster in East Farmingdale on Long Island, the FBI recently returned with excavation equipment to try its luck again. Apparently luck wasn’t on the agents’ side this time. After three days of digging this past week, the FBI mid-week…
Investigators Use Phony Documents and Fool Passport and Postal Workers 4 Out of 4 Times
We assumed in the Post 9/11 era the government had taken security measures to assure we were safer. After reading this story ask yourself: Do I feel safer? By EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – Using phony documents and the identities of a dead man and a 5-year-old boy, a government investigator obtained U.S….
Seven Bodies Found in Mexico; Could be Drug Related
Authorities suspect these are drug related murders. The thing is, the drug wars in Mexico aren’t getting out of hand, they’re already are out of hand and the U.S. needs to step it up and get involved before more and more of it spills over into the U.S. By MARINA MONTEMAYOR Associated Press Writer PDT…
Bonanno Crime Family Mobster in N.Y. Sentenced to Life
The federal prosecutors continue to knock off one New York mobster after another. How many more are left? By KATI CORNELL New York Post NEW YORK — A Bonanno associate convicted of carrying out a ghoulish mob murder at a reputedly haunted house on Staten Island was put behind bars for life yesterday. Brooklyn federal…