It’s hard to put a price on a wrongful conviction and a wrongful jailing. By Jonathan Saltzman Boston Globe Staff BOSTON— A federal appeals court upheld yesterday a landmark verdict for four men framed by the FBI in a gangland slaying, although the appellate judges said the $101.7 million damage judgment awarded by a lower…
This is one decline in crime worth cheering about. By Freeman Klopott Examiner Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Carjackings are on the decline in the District, running at about 200 this year compared with the approximately 600 in all of 2008, the FBI said, crediting a joint police FBI task force for the success. The task…
By Chris Battle Security DeBrief WASHINGTON — I am still a bit surprised when I hear this question: How many terrorists has the Department of Homeland Security caught? Probably for most employees at DHS, it’s an odd question. Which is why it’s a critical public relations matter. Most Americans still don’t understand the mission of…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.cojm WASHINGTON — FBI officials often stop short of talking about potential terrorist plots they’ve managed to head off, citing security concerns. Unfortunately, what they can say isn’t always as impressive as what they can’t. Take this week’s press release entitled: “FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate Recent Accomplishments” . Sounds intriguing….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Margaret “Marjorie” Cannon, 94, a homemaker and a former FBI clerk who was married to an FBI agent, died in Burtonsville, Md., on Aug. 23, the Washington Post reported. The long-time District resident died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, the paper reported. In 1942, she joined the FBI as…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It seemed like a no brainer for the U.S. Parole Commission. American Indian activist Leonard Peltier was convicted in the 1975 fatal shootings of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald A. Williams on the Oglala Sioux Indian Reservation. The agents were serving arrests warrants for robbery and assault. And after the…
Sure, some fringe organizations scare the public and federal law enforcement. But it’s the lone wolves– those that go off on their own — that really scare the feds. Those people are too often invisible and fly under the radar. By Kevin Johnson USA TODAY Federal authorities have launched an effort to detect lone attackers…
