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.

In this world of advanced communications, the FBI has decided to jump in the pool and communicate via Twitter. Reporter Allan Lengel explores this latest development.

Former Washington Post Reporter Sylvia Moreno spent years corresponding and talking to Ingmar Guandique, a long-time suspect who has now been charged in the Chandra Levy murder. Moreno gives her impressions of those exchanges and the case that was investigated by the FBI and D.C. police.

For two decades the feds figured grocery store mogul George Torres for a drug runner and murderer with friends at City Hall. Now they’re trying to prove it. Reporter Jeff Anderson examines this compelling tale for the Los Angeles City Beat.

The show “DEA” on Spike TV has been a public relations bonanza for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. But privately some agents — and former agents — have been highly critical of the show. Reporter Allan Lengel examines the issues.

In the bustling nation’s capital, Joseph Persichini Jr., head of the FBI’s Washington field office, talks about espionage, the inauguration, the anthrax caper and how he felt after the anthrax suspect committed suicide.

With guys like ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Bernie Kerik, Barry Bonds and John Gotti Jr., there should be plenty drama in federal court in 2009. Here are some cases worth keeping an eye on this year.