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FBI Arrests Ex-Credit Suisse Broker
By Grant McCool NEW YORK (Reuters) - An indicted former Credit Suisse CSGN broker was in U.S. custody on Thursday to face charges over deceptive sales of subprime-related auction-rate debt, the FBI said. FBI officials said former broker Julian Tzolov, a native of...
How The Smoking Gun Exposed a Fraud
In the wake of the L.A. Times scandal, I asked Bill Bastone, Editor of The Smoking Gun, how he and his colleagues came up with their scoop. Here is his reply: "A couple of the FBI documents were posted, as part of a big...
How The Smoking Gun Exposed a Fraud
In the wake of the L.A. Times scandal, I asked Bill Bastone, Editor of The Smoking Gun, how he and his colleagues came up with their scoop. Here is his reply: "A couple of the FBI documents were posted, as part of a big...
Is Your Colleague Working With the Feds?
The Progressive recently reported on a public-private organization with 23,000 members in business. InfraGard members include top managers in 350 of the nation's Fortune 500 who are given a direct pipeline with Homeland Security and the FBI, presumably to report suspicious activity or disgruntled employees. Does that mean someone in...
Information Technology: FBI Is Taking Steps to Develop an Enterprise Architecture, But Much Remains to Be Accomplished
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is currently modernizing its information technology systems to support its efforts to adopt a more bureau-wide, integrated approach to performing its mission. A key element of such systems modernization programs is the use of enterprise architecture, which is a blueprint of an agency's current and...
Gun Control and Terrorism: FBI Could Better Manage Firearm-Related Background Checks Involving Terrorist Watch List Records
Membership in a terrorist organization does not prohibit a person from owning a gun under current law. Thus, during presale screening of prospective firearms purchasers, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System historically did not utilize terrorist watch list records. The paper determines how many checks have resulted in valid...
FBI Transformation: Data Inconclusive on Effects of Shift to Counterterrorism-Related Priorities on Traditional Crime Enforcement
As a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has committed to a transformation to increase its focus on national security. This report addresses questions about the extent to which the shift in resources has affected federal efforts to combat drug, white-collar,...
Security Clearances: FBI Has Enhanced Its Process for State and Local Law Enforcement Officials
This report provides information on the FBI's process for granting security clearances to state and local law enforcement officials, the extent to which the FBI has met its time frame goals for processing security clearance applications for state and local law enforcement officials and factors that could affect the timely...
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Feds want Abramoff's sentence reduced
WASHINGTON AP -- The Justice Department on Wednesday recommended a dramatic reduction in the prison sentence of imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who became the key witness against lawmakers and congressional aides he spent years corrupting. Prosecutors asked federal judges in Washington and Florida to shave years of...
Authorities raid activist cooperative
By Doug Oakley Staff Writer BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley police with the help of the FBI and Alameda County Sheriff's deputies raided a cooperative in Berkeley on Wednesday, seizing 14 computers. "We were investigating threatening e-mails we tracked to computers...
Cheadle muses over turning 'Traitor"
Like his "Ocean's" buddies -- George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt -- Don Cheadle is as socially conscious as Hollywood stars come. This is often evident in his work, such as his Oscar-nominated starring role "Hotel Rwanda" and the best picture-winning "Crash," which Cheadle appeared in...
Missouri Judge John Francis Nangle: Anything but retiring
Judge John Francis Nangle expected a lot from the attorneys who entered his courtroom. But he was always fair and courteous with them, unless they got out of line. "He ruled his courtroom with an iron fist and a velvet glove," said Judge William H....
Threat against Obama is taken 'very seriously'
DENVER -- An apparently half-baked plot by three Denver-area men to assassinate Sen. Barack Obama on the basis of his race has highlighted the question of exactly what and whom to fear as Obama becomes the first black presidential nominee of a major party. "We're taking it...
John Francis Nangle, judge who refused to retire, dies at 86
Judge John Francis Nangle expected a lot of the attorneys who entered his courtroom. But he was always fair and courteous with them, unless they got out of line. "He ruled his courtroom with an iron fist and a velvet glove," said Judge William H....
ActiveVOS Selected to Help Develop FBI's Next Generation Identification System
Applications Created with Visual Orchestration System Key to Preserving National Security WALTHAM, Mass. -- Active Endpoints, Inc. (www.activevos.com), the inventor of visual orchestration systems VOS, announced that ActiveVOS is the orchestration software selected to develop and maintain the Federal Bureau of Investigation's FBI Next Generation Identification NGI System....
Stars get at fabric of 'Fringe'
NEW YORK — The vibe was out there Monday night at the premiere party for Fox's Fringe, the hotly anticipated new series from Lost creator J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (the team behind Star Trek, Mission: Impossible III and Alias). The paranoid, procedural drama, filmed at...
Congressman Fattah Wants Answers on FBI's Failure to Stem Mortgage Crisis
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) wants answers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the lack of dedicated resources to probe the growing crisis within the mortgage lending industry. Representative Fattah sent the following letter today to the Director of the FBI: [TABLE OMITTED...
NetWitness Executive Appointed to Chair Board of Advisors of InfraGard
Donald Gilberg, Vice President of Strategic Development, to Advise National Public and Private Sector Alliance Dedicated to the Protection of America's Critical Infrastructure HERNDON, Va. -- NetWitness Corporation, the leading provider of next generation network security monitoring and active threat intelligence software, today announced that Donald Gilberg, Vice...
Security net drops on Denver for Democrat jamboree
DENVER AFP — A tight security net enveloped Denver as the city braced Sunday for the arrival of tens of thousands of supporters and protestors for the Democratic Party's political extravaganza. Some 45,000 people are expected in the city, nestled on the edge of the Rocky Mountains, with...
Where are they taking Daddy?'
Next week the BBC screens a major new drama about the families of men caught sharing images of child sex abuse. Here, researcher Clare Dwyer Hogg meets three wives whose real experiences informed the show - and hears how one knock on the door changed their lives forever... ...
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