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Tax Protestors Conspired To Undermine Trial And Get Federal Judge Arrested
This , as they say, is one for the books. By JAMES WALSH Minneapolis Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS — The strange saga of Robert Beale didn’t exactly end last month with his 11-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion. Another chapter concluded Monday when Beale and two other tax protesters were found guilty of conspiracy to…
Administration Rejecting FBI Pleas For More Agents To Investigate Financial Mess
Is the Bush administration falling short in probing the financial mess? Some say yes. By Paul Shukovsky and Daniel Lathrop Seattle P-I Reporters The Bush administration is rejecting FBI pleas for more agents to investigate crimes that helped trigger the global financial meltdown, bureau sources said this week. “They are bogged down big-time or there…
Homeland Security Surveillance System In Cook County Could Be Worthless
Homeland Security Could Have Thrown out $40 million in Illinois. Dave Savini CHICAGO (CBS) – It’s called Project Shield and will cost you more than $40 million when it’s done, leaving U.S. taxpayers footing the bill for a countywide high-tech surveillance program. So why is the homeland security project busted? Police sources told CBS 2’s…
Atty. Gen. Mukasey Running Up Frequent Flyer Costs With Personal Trips
Is Atty. Gen. Michael Mukasey’s frequent flights for personal trips an abuse? By Marisa Taylor McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – Attorney General Michael Mukasey has taken personal trips on government jets almost every weekend since he took office less than a year ago at a cost to taxpayers of more than $155,800, Justice Department and Federal…
Indicted Mass. Politician Changes Mind On Re-election Bid
Maybe it was the FBI photos that were made public that showed her stuffing alleged bribe money in her bra. Or maybe it was the pressure from the city’s religious community. Whatever it was, state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson announced Friday that she doesn’t have the stomach to continue her re-election bid for the state senate….
McCain and Obama Differ On Crime Issues
With the economy going to hell, both presidential candidates have paid little attention to the crime issue. But their records provide some insights. By Solomon Moore New York Times CHICAGO – As an Illinois legislator for seven years, Senator Barack Obama sponsored more than 100 bills on crime, corrections and the death penalty, making criminal…
Feds And State In N.Y. Forgo Turf Wars To Go After Financial Crimes
Egos and elbows are taking a backseat to an unusual level of cooperation between the New York Atty. General’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan. By Benjamin Weiser and Ben White New York Times NEW YORK— On Sept. 25, as the world financial crisis escalated, two of New York’s most powerful lawyers met…
Something Isn’t Kosher In Iowa: Feds Arrest Ex-CEO Of Meat Plant
Yes, operations at the kosher meat plant in Iowa weren’t very kosher. The former head of the plant could be off to prison on a variety of charges including harboring illegal immigrants. By Kari Lydersen Washington Post Staff Writer The former chief executive of the Iowa kosher meatpacking plant that was the site of a…