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Feds Secretly Recorded Illinois Governor
Let’s see. One governor is in prison. Another is under investigation and is being secretly recorded by the feds. Mmm. Sounds a lot like Louisiana. By Jeff Coen, John Chase and David Kidwell Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Federal investigators recently made covert tape recordings of Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the most dramatic step yet in…
Five Blackwater Guards Charged in Iraqi Civilian Deaths
The security company that became an ugly symbol of America’s unruly presence in Iraq faces ugly times ahead. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Five Blackwater Worldwide Security guards have been charged in a September 2007 shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead and raised questions about the U.S. government’s use…
Az Rep. Rick Renzi’s Atty. Accuses Feds of Tickling The Wire
Law enforcement calls it “tickling the wire”, an old trick in which investigators leak something or arrest someone and hope people will respond by getting on a wiretapped phone and talking. By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. – A lawyer for Rep. Rick Renzi of Arizona has accused the Justice Department of leaking…
A Man Once Framed by FBI For Murder is Charged With Illegal Gambling
A man who served more than 30 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit now faces illegal gambling charges. Any way you put it, here’s a man with an unlucky hand. By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press Writer WOBURN, Mass.— A man once framed by the FBI for murder pleaded not guilty Friday to…
Is ex-A.G. Alberto Gonzales Gearing Up to Protect Himself in U.S. Atty. Firing Probe?
Former A.G. Alberto Gonzales left the Justice Department with a big black eye. Now it appears he could be gearing up with more legal help to fend off trouble in the probe into the firing of U.S. Attorneys during his reign. By Zachary Roth TPM Muckraker It’s looking more and more like prosecutor Nora Dannehy’s…
DEA Dedicates $16.4 Million Building For Training to Deal With Methamphetamine
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com QUANTICO , Va. — DEA agents in swat outfits simulated raids on a makeshift methamphetamine lab inside the new-two story building. A studious-looking man in a white lab coat chatted about the scientific side of the highly-addictive drug made of potentially flammable and explosive chemicals. It was all part of the…
Head of New England Border Protection Charged With Hiring Illegal Immigrants to Clean Home
Only ONE Question: What is wrong with this picture? By Jonathan Saltzman and Andrew Ryan Boston Globe BOSTON — The regional director of Homeland Security, Customs, and Border Protection was charged today with repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants to clean her Salem home after one cleaner wore a wire during an undercover investigation. Lorraine Henderson is…
Feds Correct Errors and Indict Barry Bonds for Third Time
In this case, the feds have decided, if you can’t get it right the first or second time, try try again. By Lance Williams San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 4)– Federal prosecutors in San Francisco indicted Barry Bonds for a third time today, once again rewriting the charges facing the former Giants star to…