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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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Bush withholds CIA leak records
WASHINGTON -- President Bush invoked executive privilege to keep Congress from seeing the FBI report of an interview with Vice President Dick Cheney and other records related to the administration's leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity in 2003. The president's decision drew a sharp protest Wednesday...
FBI fraud investigation targets IndyMac Bancorp
WASHINGTON -- The FBI is investigating failed bank IndyMac Bancorp Inc. for possible fraud, an official said Wednesday of the government's latest target following the collapse of the nation's subprime mortgage market. It was not immediately clear how long the FBI's probe of the bank has been...
Scientist loses suit over link to anthrax attacks
RICHMOND, Va. AP -- A federal appeals court has ruled against a former Army scientist who sued The New York Times over columns linking him to deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday that Steven Hatfill was...
David Duchovny
During one of the star's classic guest appearances as himself on The Larry Sanders Show, Larry's gay assistant estimates his friends' opinion of David Duchovny: "A third think he's gay, a third think he's bi, and the rest don't care--they just want to kiss him anyways." Is that a fair...
Proclamation by the President: FBI Day, 2008
WASHINGTON -- For 100 years, the committed men and women of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have worked diligently to deliver justice and keep Americans safe. On FBI Day, we recognize the Bureau's many accomplishments and pay tribute to all who have served in its ranks with valor and dedication....
NTSB Probes 767 Freighter Fire
The National Transportation Safety Board NTSB has found no evidence that the June 28 ABX Air freighter fire at San Francisco International was intentionally set. The fire burned a hole through the top of the fuselage of the fully loaded Airborne Express Boeing 767 cargo...
Today on TV
The War of the World (9 p.m., Ch. 7): This revisionist history of WWII concludes. Today on TV The Bachelorette (7 p.m., Ch. 4): Will this never end? Now they're giving us an episode about the engagement party. I'm assuming they won't air a...
Stolen Shakespeare first edition found in Washington
WASHINGTON AFP — A first folio edition of a William Shakespeare book from 1623 that was stolen from a British university 10 years ago was found in Washington and a suspect was arrested in Britain, the FBI said Monday. The book was found by the US capital's Folger...
One million on US terrorist watch list: rights group
WASHINGTON AFP — A watch list of suspected and known terrorists, compiled by the US authorities, has ballooned and contains more than one million names, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday. The ACLU said it derived that figure from a Justice Department report on the FBI's Terrorist...
High & Inside: NL Notes
Nats officials in hot water? Washington general manager Jim Bowden rebutted an ESPN.com report that he and special assistant Jose Rijo were being investigated in a probe examining an alleged scam involving the skimming of signing bonuses for prospects from the Dominican Republic. "There's no wrongdoing," Bowden said Friday night....
Nationals execs being probed in NBA money skim probe: report
WASHINGTON AFP — Federal authorities are investigating Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden and special assistant Jose Rijo for possible roles regarding Major League Baseball signings of players from the Dominican Republic, US television sports network ESPN reported Saturday. On its website, ESPN said investigators from Major League...
Pentagon worker gets 5 years for aiding China spy
WASHINGTON, AFP — A Pentagon employee was sentenced Friday to 57 months in jail for handing secret military documents over to a Chinese government spy, including classified information on US arms sales to Taiwan. Gregg William Bergersen, 51, pleaded guilty in March of conspiring to hand national defense...
Ex-FBI agent can't give testimony for Donaghy
NEW YORK - A federal judge yesterday denied a presentencing request by a lawyer for Tim Donaghy to allow an ex-FBI agent to testify about the disgraced NBA referee's cooperation with authorities. U.S. District Judge Carol Amon said during a morning hearing in Brooklyn that she saw no basis for...
Franch national pleads guilty to aiding art thieves
MIAMI AFP — French citizen Bernard Jean Ternus on Thursday pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell paintings by Monet, Sisley and Brueghel that he knew had been stolen in 2007 from a museum in southern France. Ternus, 55, was arrested in Florida after trying to sell the famous...
Serial killers likely to be family men, not freaks, says FBI
Forget Hannibal Lecter. Hollywood's portrayal of serial killers as deranged loners with unusually high IQs is dangerously wrong and can hinder investigations, according to the FBI. The agency warns that efforts to track down serial killers are often impaired by screenwriter storylines, the proliferation of "talking head"...
Sports in Brief: Maggette to sign with the Warriors
The Golden State Warriors will sign high-scoring free agent Corey Maggette to a five-year contract worth about $50 million, the Associated Press reported last night. Maggette apparently will be the second big-name star to leave the Los Angeles Clippers today, with the 76ers expected to sign Elton Brand . ...
FBI Program, InfraGard, Facilitates Dialog With 25,000 Through Streaming Encoder
ViewCast Portable Streaming Video Encoder Enables National Security Organization to Optimize Communications Nationally PLANO, Texas, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A NiagaraR GoStreamR Plus portable streaming video encoder is helping to build a vital communications channel to the 25,000 members of InfraGardR, an FBI program that facilitates dialog...
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