Back in the day high-profile criminal defendants and their supporters had to rely on the mainstream media to vent and spin their story. Not anymore. Now there are Facebook pages for defendants or their fans for such notables as Barry Bonds, Bernie Kerik, Rod Blagojevich and Jack Abramoff. Some defendants like Kerik are even tweeting on Twitter. Reporter Rachel Leven examines this phenomenon.
Hollywood has brought the legendary bank robber John Dillinger back to life in an entertaining movie “Public Enemies”. But Retired FBI Man Rex Tomb thinks Hollywood took too many liberties and presented some “fictional details” as fact about the FBI and may have done a disservice to history and the public. Here’s his take on it all.
Nearly six years ago Baltimore federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna was found face down in a creek with multiple stab wounds in Lancaster Co., Pa. Some think it was a suicide. Others say it was murder. Some say the investigation is active. Others say it’s not. Reporter Jeffrey Anderson looks into the matter.
In this hard-scrabble town, where the economy looks bleak, Andrew Arena, head of the Detroit FBI, talks about public corruption in Detroit, mortgage fraud and the evolving relationship between the FBI and the Arab-American community, one of the largest and most politically active in the country.
With the old leaders gone, the White Supremacist movement is at a crossroads. Will the election of an African American president and a soured economy help recruiting? Will the racist white power recording industry help the movement? FBI agent Tom O’Connor of the Washington Field Office discusses the movement and the FBI’s concerns.
In the ever-changing crime world, Edgar Domenech, head of the ATF Washington Field Division, talks about the proliferation of the illegal cigarette trafficking trade, the role of the Chinese and organized crime’s increasing interest in it.
D.C. federal Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson sat in federal court in Baltimore as her son was sentenced for heroin trafficking. Reporter Jeff Anderson reports on this sad tale from the courthouse.
U.S. Secret Service agents who guarded such Presidents as Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy are offering up some interesting tales for a new oral history project run by two retired agents. Reporter Allan Lengel provides details.
