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Number of Officers Fatally Shot in Line of Duty Expected to Hit 50 Year Low
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. law enforcement officers killed by gunfire this year is expected to hit a 50 year low, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial fund. The Washington-based organization said Monday an analysis of preliminary data showed that 41 officers were fatally shot this year, a…
FBI Joins Probe of Woman Missing from Cruise Ship
Granted, an endless numbers of people go on cruises every year. But it just takes one of these incidents to make them sound so dangerous. By Sofia Santana South Florida Sun-Sentinel MIAMI – Cruise ship surveillance images show a woman falling overboard hours before her husband reported her missing from the Miami-based Norwegian Pearl last…
Chinese Women Made It Into FBI Academy Before Getting Busted For a Sham Marriage to Get Citizenship
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 26-year-old Chinese woman made it into the FBI academy to train as an agent before authorities busted her for entering into a sham marriage to obtain U.S. citizenship. Yue Cheng of Williamsburg, Va. pleaded guilty last week in Norfolk, Va., to naturalization fraud and false claims. She faces up to…
FBI Kept Tabs on Politician Thomas Eagleton
It didn’t take much to tick off J. Edgar Hoover. The reams of FBI records on Thomas Eagleton was just another example of Hoover’s long reach. By Phillip O’Connor ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ST. LOUIS — Sitting in the coffee shop of the Las Vegas Desert Inn one morning in February 1958, Thomas Eagleton, one of…
Two More U.S. Attorneys Calling it Quits
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With the less than a month to go in the Bush administration, the latest U.S. Attorneys to hit the exit are Steven Biskupic of Milwaukee and McGregor W. Scott of Sacramento. Biskuptic, 47, plans to step down Jan. 9. He was appointed in 2002. His name popped up during the probe…
U.S. Atty. Fitzgerald Asks Ill. House to Hold Off Subpoenas in Gov Probe
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald may want Gov. Blagojevich out of office, but he doesn’t want the state messing with his investigation. By CARYN ROUSSEAU Associated Press Writer CHICAGO — The Illinois House committee investigating a possible impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich won’t subpoena two incoming White House advisers, the committee chairwoman said Saturday, shutting down…
Tangled Tale of How Private Spy Firm Helped the Feds Bust An Afghan Heroin Trafficker and Got Screwed
Well, as the old addage goes, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. In this case, the spy firm, Rosetta Research and Consulting, helped the feds make their case, then got screwed. By Richard Leiby Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — After a federal jury in New York swiftly convicted a major Afghan heroin trafficker and Taliban…
Investigators Checking Offshore for Bernie Madoff’s Cash
One thing for sure: Bernie Madoff made a lot of money. One thing that is unclear: Where the hell is that cash? By James Doran The Observer NEW YORK — The hunt for funds allegedly cheated out of investors by Bernard Madoff, who faces fraud charges in New York, has turned to offshore tax havens…