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Blackberries, Satellite Phones, Gmail: Terrorist Tools in the 21st Century
Satellite phones and caves. Blackberries and 8th Century ideology. Welcome to terrorism in the 21st century. By Kathy Shaidle FrontPageMagazine.com Following the Islamic terror attack in Mumbai, India in November, it was revealed that the tech-savvy terrorists used BlackBerries and Google Earth satellite-imaging to plan and carry out their atrocities. It was the latest example…
WOW! Hard to Believe You Can Spend So Much Time Behind Bars Without Being Criminally Charged
It’s hard to believe you can spend such long stretches behind bars without ever being charged with a crime. But here’s some tales. By ASHBY JONES The Wall Street Journal One can spend a long time in jail in the U.S. without ever being charged with a crime. It happened to H. Beatty Chadwick, a…
Dept. of Homeland Security to Move East of the River in D.C.
If any place in the city could use a fresh injection of life it’s Anacostia, the city’s often forgotten section. By Mary Beth Sheridan Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — After years of battling historic preservationists, the federal government won approval yesterday to build a massive headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security on a…
Informant Says John Gotti’s Neighbor Was Dissolved in Barrel of Acid
Just what everyone suspected for decades. Now a snitch is finally confirming it all. By JOHN MARZULLI New York Daily News NEW YORK — The corpse of John Gotti’s Howard Beach neighbor – murdered after he accidentally killed the gangster’s 12-year-old son in a traffic accident – was dissolved in a barrel of acid, an…
Obama Pick for Office of Legal Counsel is Harsh Critic of Bush Admin. Interrogation Tactics
Obama is making some key legal appointments who are likely to reverse many substantial and controversial Bush policies. Here’s one of those people. By ERIC LICHTBLAU New York Times WASHINGTON – When Dawn Johnsen read a newly disclosed Justice Department legal opinion last April that blessed the president’s broad power to authorize rough interrogation tactics,…
Full of Baloney: Fed Judge Puts Ala. Sheriff In Own Jail For Pocketing Cash By Skimping on Inmate Meals
This sheriff isn’t the first in the country to pocket money by skimping on meals. But in this case, the sheriff is paying the price. Now that Sheriff Greg Bartlett is locked up in his own jail, there’s a good chance the food will get better. You’d think. By JAY REEVES Associated Press Writer DECATUR,…
Retired U.S. Secret Service Agent Recalls Driving Pres. Clinton
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Chicago U.S. Atty Fitzgerald’s Office Accidentally Releases Names of Nearly 20 Confidential Witnesses in Fraud Probe
Well, in the midst of a rather busy period, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago apparently goofed. What more can you say? By The Smoking Gun In a remarkable screw-up, a Department of Justice official today accidentally distributed to the media a document containing the names of nearly 20 confidential witnesses interviewed during a federal…