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FBI Short of Agent Applicants With Language Skills Like Farsi
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI, in the midst of a major campaign blitz to fill more 3,000 jobs, said it is having trouble attracting enough prospective agents who speak Chinese, Farsi, Russian, Somali and Swahili. To boot, the agency said it has had a dearth of agent applicants with backgrounds in computer…
DEA Wants Freeway Loot Back
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Money sure is tight these days. So it made it all the better to see it flying all over the San Diego freeway the other day. But not so fast. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration wants the loot back, and is going to great lengths to get it. The Associated press…
How the Feds Built a Case Against a Powerful Pensylvania State Senator
The FBI and U.S. Attorneys Office started piecing together a case against powerful ex-Sen. Vincent Fumo receipt by receipt. There were skeptics who thought they couldn’t make a case. The group of lawyers and investigators proved them wrong. Here’s how. By Emilie Lounsberry and Craig R. McCoy Inquirer Staff Writers PHILADELPHIA — It was early…
Jury Acquits Ex-Puerto Rico Gov. Vila on Money Laundering and Lying to the FBI
This is a big loss for the U.S. Attorney’s office. The ex-governor was charged in an election, which many say contributed to his loss. Now he’s turned out to be the victor. Go figure. By The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A jury found Puerto Rico’s former governor not guilty Friday on all…
The FBI’s Top Ten Stories of the Week
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Bernie Madoff’s accountant was charged with securities fraud. An Albany on-line organ transplant broker was charged with defrauding desperately ill patients. And an ex-FBI agent was convicted in California in a home invasion robbery scheme. These were just some of the stories that made the FBI’s Top Ten Stories…
Philly FBI Agent Shows a little Courtroom Theatrics in Corruption Probe
There was little doubt that there wasn’t more corruption beyond the probe into crooked ex-state Sen. Vincent Fumo. And an FBI agent proved that point with a little courtroom theatrics. It will be interesting to see how deep this goes and whether Fumo, just convicted, will cooperate and point fingers. By Craig R. McCoy and…
Woman Accused of Killing Pittsburgh FBI Agent Faces More Charges
Prosecutors are piling up charges against the woman accused of killing FBI agent Sam Hicks. Could there still be more? By Torten Ove Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — An Indiana Township woman charged with killing an FBI agent in November has been charged again in federal court with drug violations and firearms offenses. Christina Korbe, 40,…
“Goodfellas” Mobster is No-Show in Calif Court on Public Drunkenness Charges
By PAUL LAROCCO The Press-Enterprise SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. –“Henry Hill.” San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Kyle Brodie matter-of-factly read the name Wednesday in a roll call of small-time suspects: the unlicensed driver; the work-release probationer. “No answer,” yelled the bailiff. With that, the mobster-turned-FBI informant — whose life inspired the movie epic “Goodfellas” —…