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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,...
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Why not a revolver?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's pretty easy to make a case as to why you should have a semiauto for personal defense. If you question people about their choice, the single most common response is they like the "firepower" or "the police have them." But here's another line...
Legal Opinions - U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals: September 29,
4th U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS Criminal Procedure Search and seizure BOTTOM LINE: District court erred in granting suppression motion where documents recovered pursuant to search warrants were both authorized by the warrants and probative evidence of fraud. ...
Utah lawyer can interview Nichols
A judge ordered the government to make Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols available for a videotaped interview by a Utah lawyer who is trying to learn more about the federal investigation behind the 1995 bombing. Jesse Trentadue also can take a deposition from convicted killer David...
Man who tortured teen is arrested in Florida
A man wanted in southern Utah for the gruesome kidnapping, rape and torture of a 16-year-old girl has been arrested in Florida. Mark Clifton Bryant, 47, was arrested Thursday morning at a Jacksonville, Fla., Golden Corral restaurant on a federal warrant, the FBI said. ...
FBI arrests evangelist in wake of Arkansas raid
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. AP -- FBI agents arrested evangelist and convicted tax evader Tony Alamo at an Arizona motel Thursday, alleging days after raiding the Arkansas headquarters of his ministry that he took minors across state lines for sexual purposes. Alamo was staying at a hotel in...
FBI probes AIG and Lehman as pressure mounts for legal action
Authorities ask whether executives knew about the dire state of firms' finances Investigators at the FBI are combing documents and emails related to the collapse of Lehman Brothers and AIG and the events leading to the nationalisation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as...
McCain adviser 'was paid by Freddie Mac'
Disgraced mortgage firm 'gave Pounds 8,000 a month to aide's consulting company' JOHN McCAIN has been hit by revelations that a firm owned by his campaign manager received large donations from Freddie Mac, the mortgage company at the centre of the financial meltdown in the US....
FBI National Academy Event Features Teen Safety Advocate
CNN Hero Dallas Jessup (16) Delivers Update On Teen Girls Stopping Assault PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas Jessup, America's best known teen safety advocate, keynoted at the FBI event in Redmond, Oregon showcasing the latest law enforcement tools, techniques, and technology for Oregon police chiefs....
AIG takes fed deal, faces FBI probe
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- American International Group Inc. may have agreed to take the U.S. government up on a two-year, $85 billion loan to help stave off bankruptcy, but now the nation's largest insurer faces an FBI investigation. The news sent AIG shares down nearly 34 percent Wednesday....
U.S. returns 168 artifacts to Ecuador
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. AP -- U.S. officials returned 168 pre- Columbian artifacts to Ecuador on Tuesday as part of an ongoing FBI initiative to repatriate stolen cultural treasures to their home countries. The artifacts were recovered in Miami in 2006. Experts said the artifacts range...
ALF claims responsibility for mink release
The Animal Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for the release of thousands of minks from a farm on the west side of Kaysville. In a communique posted on the group's Web site and sent to Utah news-media outlets, the ALF said three members were behind the "liberation"...
Review: 'Eagle Eye' is bird-brained action
Far-fetched, fast-moving, locked and overloaded, "Eagle Eye" is what happens when you give the people who made a success of the modestly budgeted "Disturbia" a blank check. The fever-pitch paranoia of this terrorist thriller, the seizure-inducing editing, the dense layers slapped on a fairly simple plot all point to a...
Petters Group Statement
MINNETONKA, Minn., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Petters Group Worldwide said today that at approximately 9:00 a.m. agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service and the Minnetonka Police Department arrived at its headquarters to execute a search warrant. The headquarters building is closed for...
FBI probes finance giants for fraud
WASHINGTON AFP — The US Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed Wednesday that it is probing allegations of fraud by 24 Wall Street firms, without naming investment giants believed to be under investigation. "The director and others have confirmed the number of investigations that we currently have, but we...
Rep. Fattah: Step Up FBI Probe of Mortgage Fraud
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a member of the House Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies, which oversees discretionary spending of the Justice Department, FBI and other agencies, issues the following statement: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation and its...
Donaghy betting scandal timeline
June 20, 2007: The FBI contacts the NBA regarding referee Tim Donaghy as part of a probe into betting on league games. July 9: Donaghy resigns, ending a 13-year NBA career. July 24: NBA Commissioner David Stern labels Donaghy a "rogue, isolated criminal." Aug....
FBI probes finance giants for fraud: report
WASHINGTON AFP — The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing allegations of fraud by finance giants Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and insurer AIG, US media reported on Tuesday. CNN said the mortgage, investment and insurance titans were part of a fraud inquiry by the...
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