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Blago’s Chicago Lawyers Want FBI Interviews of Pres. Elect Obama and Staff
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The criminal case against ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich can only get more interesting. In the latest move, his lawyers have asked for the FBI interviews of then President-elect Barack Obama,his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, White House adviser Valerie Jarrett and others, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The lawyers in a court…
Weekend Series on Crime History: The Al Capone Bio
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8oxniW_9fI WEEKEND STORIES OF NOTE Pakistani Officials Unraveling Plot to Send D.C. Area Men to Afghanistan (Washington Post) FBI Questions 5 Americans Detained in Pakistan (NY Times)
Will Pakistan Arrests in Suspected Terrorist Case Improve FBI-U.S. Muslim Relations?
By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (An AOL News Site) WASHINGTON — The arrest of five D.C.-area Muslim young men in Pakistan this week may be a step toward improving the rocky relationship between the American Islamic community and the FBI. The five men, ages 19 to 25, reportedly tried to join radical jihadists and fight…
Chicago Man Who Videotaped ESPN Reporter Erin Andrews to Plead Guilty in Fed Court
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Los Angeles U.S. Attorneys Office has confirmed that a Chicago insurance executive will plead guilty next week in a case in which he secretly recorded nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, The Associated Press reported. AP reported Michael Barrett, 48, will plead guilty on Tuesday. “Barrett is suspected of…
Arrests of Americans Shows Long Arm of Terror
There’s no question there is a terrorism problem in this region. The real question is: Is the U.S. efforts really going to be enough to address the problem? By Griff Witte Washington Post Staff Writer KABUL –– The arrest in Pakistan of five Americans who authorities say may have been on their way to terrorist…
Evertything Terrorists Need to Know About…Hernias? Dog Bites?
By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (An AOL News Site) WASHINGTON — Terrorists will have new insights into avoiding a hernia, treating animal bites and dealing with Amber Alerts — thanks to the inadvertent disclosure of a 93-page confidential document on airport screening procedures. The Transportation Security Administration’s Standard Operating Procedures document was posted on a…
Camden, NJ Prosecutor Worries About DEA Taking Over Task Force
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Camden, N.J. in the past has been dubbed the most dangerous city in America. So it might be seen as good news that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has decided to take over the the Philadelphia-Camden High Intensity Drug Trafficking task force from the local prosecutor. But the Camden County prosecutor,…