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White Powder Triggers Evacuation of FBI Headquarters in El Paso
White powder scares have haunted the American landscape ever since 2001. Offices have been shut down with regularity, and there’s no end in sight. By The Associated Press EL PASO, Texas – The FBI headquarters in El Paso was evacuated Wednesday after two people in the mail room were exposed to a white powdery substance….
It’s Raining Corporate Fraud: FBI Official Says Agency Has 500-plus Cases
There may be a job shortage and an ethics shortage in some political circles, but there’s no shortage of corporate fraud. The FBI may use some counterterrorism agents to help sort through the financial mess. By Associated Press WASHINGTON – The FBI is conducting more than 500 investigations of corporate fraud amid the financial meltdown,…
American League MVP in 2002 Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congressional Investigators
Just as one black eye heals, the next one surfaces. Here’s baseball’s latest black eye. Rest assured, there’s more to come. By Del Quentin Wilber and Dave Sheinin Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — Former Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges that he lied to congressional investigators about the…
UPDATE: Fed Prosecutors Looking Into Possibilty Lobbyist Gave Bogus Campaign Contributions To Rep. John Murtha
Rep. Murtha shakes hands with Pres. Bush Rep. Murtha has long had the reputation as a wheeler-dealer on Capitol Hill, and he’s come under attack by some public interest groups. So it’s no surprise something like this would surface. By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK New York Times WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors are looking into the possibility…
Dirty Bomb Parts Found in Home of Man Shot by Wife
This comes under the category of “pretty darn scary”. The story was first reported by unattributable.com, an online magazine which covers and blogs on current events. By Walter Griffin Bangor Daily News BELFAST, Maine – James G. Cummings, who police say was shot to death by his wife two months ago, allegedly had a cache…
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald to Stay on the Job in Chicago
By Allan Lengel and Jon Perkins ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As expected, Chicago’s U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald will stay on the job even though he’s a Bush appointee. NBC’s Pete Williams reported that Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) recommended that the newly minted Atty. Gen. Eric Holder keep Fitzgerald. NBC reported that the suggestion was “positively received”,…
FBI Turns to Foreign Press To Help Capture Boston Mobster “Whitey” Bulger
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – The FBI wants to capture Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger badly. Correction. Make that very badly. On Tuesday, the agency took things up a notch and invited the foreign press in Washington for a briefing on Bulger, 79, who’s wanted for a host of crimes including 19-counts of murder….
NYPD Counterterrorism Unit Thinks and Acts Globally
People expect big things from New York. The police department’s counterterrorism unit doesn’t disappoint with it’s global reach. By Christopher Dickey Newsweek In sweltering Mumbai last November, two days after the terrorist rampage that killed or wounded more than 500 people, some odd figures joined the alphabet soup of agencies investigating the atrocity-three New York…