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Fed Employee Accuses the Prosecution in Sen. Stevens Case of Misconduct
With this latest allegations, coupled with the judge chastising the prosecution on more than one occasion during trial, don’t be surprised to see the U.S. Court of Appeals call for a new trial. Then again, don’t be surprised to see President Bush pardon Stevens in the final days of his administration. By Del Quentin Wilber…
Missouri Man Who Appeared on 60 Minutes is Sentenced to 5 Years For Impersonating a DEA Agent
Bill Jakob’s fun adventure — posing as a DEA agent and busting drug dealers in a small Missouri town — ended very badly for him. Lesson learned: Kids, don’t try this at home. By Robert Patrick ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ST. LOUIS — William Anthony Jakob, the man who posed as a federal agent in the…
Breaking News: Gov. Blagojevich Says He’s Innocent and Will Fight “Until I Take My Last Breath”
By Jon Perkins ticklethewire.com Scandal-plagued Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich stood before a packed Chicago news conference Friday and defiantly vowed to remain on the job and fight charges of public corruption leveled at him by federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. “I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing,” Blagojevich said. “I will fight, I will fight,…
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Fla. Businessman Convicted of Hiring Hitman to Kill IRS Agent
In the end, Randy Nowak probably figured out there’s probably better ways to fight the IRS. And maybe cheaper. By Jason Geary THE LEDGER TAMPA, Fla. — Mulberry businessman Randy Nowak was found guilty Thursday of trying to hire a hit man for $20,000 to kill an Internal Revenue Service agent auditing his business. A…
Egyptian Student Gets 15 Years For Making Terrorist-Related YouTube Video
YouTube is normally considered a great venue for entertainment. In this case, it cost a university student his freedom. By MITCH STACY Associated Press Writer TAMPA, Fla. — An Egyptian student attending a Florida university was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday for making a YouTube video showing would-be terrorists how to turn a…
Judge Sanctions Secret Service in Racial Discrimination Suit
There’s bad news in lawsuits. And then there’s really bad news. The Secret Service just got the really bad news. By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — A federal magistrate judge has ruled that the U.S. Secret Service “made a mockery” of long-standing rules by failing to preserve, concealing and even destroying…