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FBI Wants Ex-Agent to Remove Bureau Seal From Website and Any Book Reprints
The questions are: Is this battle worth it? Is it bad public relations? And are there better ways for the FBI to spend its resources? By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON — You’d think that the nation’s number one domestic counterterrorism agency would have better things to do than yap at authors and publishers about…
Cyber Piracy: FBI and Va. State Police Search for Hackers Who Have Demanded $10 Million For Pharmacy Records
This is the equivalent of piracy on the high seas. The only difference is: records — not human life — are at the heart of the ransom demand. By Brian Krebs and Anita Kumar Washington Post Staff Writers RICHMOND, Va. May 7 — The FBI and Virginia State Police are searching for hackers who have…
FBI Wiretapped Ex-Congressman Curt Weldon’s Inner Circle and at Least One Reporter
The Justice Department has sent out wiretap letters, which may indicate that this probe is over. Ex-Rep Curt Weldon was never charged. By WILLIAM BENDER Philadelphia Daily News PHILADELPHIA — Federal investigators were running wiretaps for months at a time in 2006 on then-U.S. Rep. Curton Weldon’s chief of staff and other members of his…
Government Wants Court to Reverse Finding that Boston FBI Framed 4 Men in 1965 Gangland Slaying
This case is a major blemish on the Boston FBI, which has taken a major hit for its role in dealing with the mob and mobsters like Whitey Bulger. The government appears to have an uphill battle in reversing a lower court ruling. By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe BOSTON — As he sat in a…
Inspector Gen. Report Says FBI Still Slow to Update Terror Watch List
The FBI issued a statement Wednesday saying it has implemented measures to address all 16 recommendations by the Inspector General “which are all now resolved” and it remains “committed to improving our watchlist policy and practices”. The Inspector General Report saw it differently by concluding: “Nevertheless, the FBI’s own review and our work in this…
Feds Lining Up Ex-Gov Blago’s Ex-Allies to Bury Him in Trial
Allies one day, enemies the next. That’s the lesson ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich is learning as the government lines up witnesses to try and bury him during trial. By Jeff Coen Tribune reporter CHICAGO — Several onetime allies of for mer Gov. Rod Blagojevich have already lined up as government witnesses against him, and another close…
Atty. Gen. Holder Assures Federal Judges He’ll Upgrade Professionalism at Justice Dept.
In recent months, federal judges have chastised federal prosecutors around the country including in Washington, Miami and Montana. The newly minted Atty. General Eric Holder Jr. has vowed to address this. Joe Palazzolo The National Law Journal WASHINGTON — In his first confab with the nation’s chief federal district judges, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr….
Boston Mobster Donato “Danny” Anguilo Dead at 86
Slowly but surely the mobsters of the old days are passing away around the country. Sometimes their children have stepped in, but often times the kids like John Gotti Jr. haven’t been nearly as smart and have lived off the reputation of their street- smart dads. By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe BOSTON — Former New…