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Group Says FBI Using Outdated and Deliberately Limited Search Process in Freedom of Information Act
Anyone who has ever filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI knows it can take forever to get the results. They also know they may not ever get the results they want. A private group, the National Security Archives, is now giving the agency grief about this — and deservedly so. By…
Retired FBI Agent Jerry Breidenfeld Dead At 83
By Joe Holley Washington Post Staff Writer Jerry H. Breidenfeld, 83, a retired agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, died March 6 at Reston Hospital Center of congestive heart failure. He moved to Ashburn in 2006 after living in Reston for many years. Dr. Breidenfeld joined the FBI in 1951 and served in Knoxville,…
Gov. Blago Campaign Targeted Chicago Trib Owner for $25,000
The feds are interested in this part of the case and have interviewed Sam Zell, owner of the Chicago Tribune. Interestingly, it was the Chicago Sun-Times, the competing newspaper in town that broke this story. Thank goodness for two-newspaper towns. BY NATASHA KORECKI, DAVE MCKINNEY AND DAVID ROEDER Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Tribune Co. chairman…
Fed Judge Gives ex-Chicago Cop 12 Years in Mob Case
Here’s a police department that could use an upgrade when it comes to its reputation. Previously allegations of torture. Citizen beatings. And now a conviction like this. Not good. By STEVE WARMBIR Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO –A man can be a good cop one day, a corrupt one the next, a federal judge noted as he…
Dead Butterflies and Federal Prison?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Michigan Dentist Kevin Rucinski may have the butterflies when he gets sentenced in federal court in Bay City later this year. And for good reason. The affable dentist in the quaint little Northern Michigan community of Roscommon pleaded guilty earlier this month to violating the Endangered Species Act by buying rare…
FBI Arrests ex-D.C. Official in Bribery Sting
The D.C. government is just recovering from its Tax office scandal in which about $50 million was stolen. Now we have another scandal, though thankfully it doesn’t match up to the tax scandal. By Del Quentin Wilber and Nikita Stewart Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — A D.C. government official and a business executive were…
FBI Agent Says Recent Terrorism Attacks Could Encourage al Qaeda and Others
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI’s James McJunkin told a Congressional Committee Thursday that the “principal lesson from the Mumbai attacks remains that a small number of trained and determined attackers with relatively unsophisticated weapons can do a great deal of damage.” “Last week’s attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahaore,…
Suspected Mexican Drug Smuggler Whose Brother Killed DEA Agent Pleads Not Guilty In Colo.
Here’s just another sign of Mexico’s long reach into the U.S. drug trade. The Associated Press DENVER-A suspected drug smuggler from Mexico whose brother was convicted of killing a U.S. drug agent has pleaded not guilty to racketeering and marijuana charges. Miguel Angel Caro-Quintero entered his plea Thursday in a heavily guarded federal courtroom in…