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U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald Named “Fed Of The Year” by ticklethewire.com
By Jon Perkins ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –Patrick Fitzgerald, the crusading district attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, has been named “Fed of the Year” for 2008 by ticklethewire.com. The designation is given to the federal law enforcement official who has had the most impact on news events over the course of the year. Fitzgerald’s role…
Former Maryland Restaurant Cook Charged With Spying For Saddam Hussein
Documents unearthed in Iraq are giving investigators insights into who spied for Saddam Hussein. Indictments like this have been popping up around the country. By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Writer An Iraq-born Canadian citizen who was picked up at the U.S. border last week was charged Monday with conspiring to spy for Saddam Hussein and…
Feds Had More Wiretaps Than Previously Disclosed in Gov. Blagojevich Probe
This scandal may end up having more legs than a centipede. BY NATASHA KORECKI AND DAVE MCKINNEY Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Federal authorities had more wiretaps than previously disclosed in the investigation of Gov. Blagojevich — including the cellular telephone of a member the governor’s inner circle. A new government filing in federal court indicates…
Former NYPD’s Bernie Kerik Pleads Not Guilty to Added Charges
Bernie Kerik has gone from super crime fighter to accused criminal. Not an enviable spot to be in. By ABBY LUBY DAILY NEWS WRITER WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Former NYPD top cop Bernard Kerik pleaded not guilty Monday to new charges of falsifying income tax records and not declaring a BMW luxury car he got…
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…