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Battle in Motown to Force a Reporter to Reveal Sources Continues
The battle to force a reporter to disclose sources continues in Detroit. Here’s the latest. By ED WHITE Associated Press Writer DETROIT — A lawyer asked a judge Tuesday to declare a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter in contempt for refusing during a court-ordered deposition to reveal unnamed sources who leaked information about a terrorism prosecutor. A…
Is TSA Airport Screening Over the Top or Not?
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NY Man Pleads To Providing Satellite Feeds to Hezbollah
It’s obvious that Javed Iqbal wasn’t supplying transmission feeds of Seinfeld. The feds found no humor in this programming. CNN NEWS SERVICES A Staten Island man pleaded guilty Tuesday to providing satellite television transmission services to the Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah, which the United States has branded a terrorist organization, legal authorities said. In exchange,…
Obama Report Says Nothing Offered to Gov. Blagojevich For Senate Seat
One of the worst kept secrets has been the Obama generated report on the his team’s contact with Gov. Blagojevich. On Tuesday the report was finally released. By Jill Zuckman and John McCormick Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON – A report issued by Barack Obama’s transition concluded that the president-elect had no contact with Gov. Rod Blagojevich…
Afghan Farmer Uses Digital Recorder To Help DEA Convict Taliban Member in U.S. Court
It’s a story of high tech meets low tech in a far off land. The story ended well for the DEA. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The Afghan farmer didn’t even know how to work the recording device tucked in his vest pocket when he approached a member of the…
Fed Law Enforcement Officers Assoc. Asks Bush to Pardon 2 Border Patrol Agents
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) has fired off a letter to President Bush asking him to pardon or commute the sentence of two Border Patrol agents who shot a drug trafficker in the buttocks in 2005 near the El Paso-Mexico border. “As you are aware, former U.S….
ABC to Launch New Reality Show Called ‘Homeland Security USA’
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In the never-ending world of good-guy, bad-guy reality tv comes the latest: an ABC series “Homeland Security USA.” Starting in January, ABC said it will launch the first of 13, one-hour episodes on Tuesdays from 8 -9 p.m. featuring the men and woman of the Department of Homeland Security,…