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• FBI office in Riyadh allegedly 'delinquent' in pursuing Sept. 11 leads

  - 2005-06-19

  WASHINGTON AFP — A US Senate panel is probing allegations that the FBI's office in Riyadh neglected thousands of leads related to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation sent reinforcements shortly after the attacks, "it appears that the bureau's team never got on top...

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• Whistleblower Panel to Hold Discussion March 21

  - 2005-03-01

  News Advisory: Whistleblower Panel 10 a.m. on Monday, March 21 featuring: Coleen Rowley, FBI Special Agent retired, Bunnatine Greenhouse, Army Contracting Director and Dr. David Graham, Scientific Researcher, Food & Drug Administration at the National Press Building, 13th Floor, 14th St. NW, Washington, DC Panelists will discuss why they risked...

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• Chinese high-tech espionage cases growing in US: report

  - 2005-02-13

  WASHINGTON AFP — The number of FBI investigations into Chinese espionage in California's technology corridor has soared, as Beijing allegedly recruits civilians to steal US know-how. Suspected espionage cases have been reported from New Jersey on the east coast to California in the west, the weekly magazine reported. The...

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• Editorials.(News)(Editorial)

  - 2004-09-29

  More evidence of homeland insecurity When a Justice Department audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was made public on Monday, it revealed one more gaping hole in the nation's porous homeland security operations. Gerald A. Fine, the Justice Department's inspector general,...

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• No Las Vegas alert despite terror tapes

  - 2004-08-10

  WASHINGTON -- A year after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Justice Department obtained video surveillance tapes suggesting terrorists were targeting Las Vegas casinos, but authorities never alerted the public as they discussed whether a warning might hurt tourism or increase the casinos' legal liability, internal memos show. The...

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• U.S. warned of bombs hidden in beer coolers

  - 2004-07-05

  Time Magazine reports that the FBI has warned local law enforcement units to be on the lookout for bombs concealed in beer coolers. The warning was sent to 18,000 law-enforcement groups by the FBI last week, Time reported. People were also warned to be on the look out...

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• Are "whistle-blowers" heroes or just doing their job?

  - 2003-03-01

  FIVE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT FOR PUBLIC PRAISE AND admiration because they took great personal risks in order to "blow the whistle" on actions in their organizations that they considered unethical or illegal. During the year they had already received generous media publicity because of the strength of their...

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• Insight: champion of the whistle-blower

  - 2003-02-04

  It was thrilling to see Time magazine pick three whistle-blowers for their "Persons of the Year" cover story [see the watchers, Jan. 21-Feb. 3], and I was especially pleased to see that FBI whistle-blower Coleen Rowley was picked as one of the winners. However, as uplifting as this coverage was,...

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• Time for whistle-blower protection?

  - 2003-01-21

  The selection of three courageous whistle-blowers by Time magazine for its "Persons of the Year" cover story points to a fact largely "uncovered" by the magazine: Only those federal whistle-blowers who attain celebrity status enjoy real protection against reprisal. Time's selection of Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley and Sherron Watkins...

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• Reaction of Sen. Patrick Leahy to TIME Magazine's Selection of 3 Whistleblowers as Persons of the Year

  - 2002-12-22

  WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is the outgoing chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Leahy and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) are the authors of the new corporate whistleblower protection law, enacted as part of thWASHINGTON, Dec. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is...

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