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Gulags in America? Hoover Tried
Gulags in America?
Hoover Tried
Dec 22, 2007 5:56 PM CST

Gulags in America? Hoover Tried

He sought approval to jail 12,000 'disloyal' citizens without trial

(Newser) - J. Edgar Hoover wanted to round up 12,000 Americans he deemed disloyal in 1950, suspend habeus corpus, and lock them up in military and federal prisons, the New York Times reports. In a newly declassified letter, the FBI chief urges President Truman to approve the plan and tell the...

FBI Plans Huge Biometric Index
FBI Plans Huge Biometric Index
Dec 22, 2007 12:29 PM CST

FBI Plans Huge Biometric Index

On project 'Next Generation Identification'

(Newser) - The FBI is planning a $1 billion database of “biometric” information—face shapes, iris scans, palm patterns, and even gait patterns—to enhance investigations, the Washington Post reports. Critics fear that the plan, called Next Generation Identification, will further erode individual privacy as the body becomes a de facto...

On Tape, Sharpton Cuts Deal for Campaign Cash

FBI video shows then-candidate agreeing to grease business wheels for donor

(Newser) - Someone should have told Al Sharpton he was on candid camera. When the then-presidential candidate agreed to land a multimillion-dollar contract for fundraiser Ronald White in 2003, the FBI was filming the whole thing, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Now Sharpton is under investigation for possible tax fraud and campaign finance...

Iraq Watchdog Gets His Own Probe
Iraq Watchdog
Gets His
Own Probe
Dec 14, 2007 6:42 AM CST

Iraq Watchdog Gets His Own Probe

Charges of inflated OT, email snooping and hexes by wiccan deputy

(Newser) - The tables have turned on the federal watchdog who has spent the past four years investigating waste and fraud in Iraq—he's now the target of an FBI probe of his own alleged overspending and mismanagement. Former employees claim that Inspector General Stuart Brown paid some employees inflated six-figure overtime,...

Peterson Starts Defense Fund
Peterson Starts Defense Fund
Dec 12, 2007 4:48 AM CST

Peterson Starts Defense Fund

'Sensationalism' causing family hardship, says wife-killer suspect

(Newser) - The suburban Chicago ex-cop who is a murder suspect in the death of one wife and the disappearance of another has launched a legal defense fund on the Internet. Drew Peterson's website, DefendDrew.com, takes donations via PayPal. He blasts "media sensationalism" for causing his family hardship, and claims...

Vegas to Build Mob Museum
Vegas to Build Mob Museum
Dec 11, 2007 11:03 AM CST

Vegas to Build Mob Museum

Attraction will display history of crooks who helped build the city

(Newser) - Las Vegas will create a museum showcasing the Mob's role in turning a tiny desert settlement into America's gambling mecca. The $50 million project is slated to be completed in 2010. "Let's be brutally honest, warts and all. This is more than legend. It's fact," said the mayor....

Bad Credit? Buy a Piece of Someone Else's

Company boosts scores by adding names to paid-off loans

(Newser) - Americans struggling with bad credit records may have a new route to a better score: For as little as $1,199, a San Diego company is offering the chance for customers to add their names to already-paid-off loans in order to boost their rating, the Los Angeles Times reports. The...

Teen Nabbed for $26M 'Net Heist
Teen Nabbed for $26M
'Net Heist
Dec 1, 2007 5:39 PM CST

Teen Nabbed for $26M 'Net Heist

18-year-old Kiwi's ring robbed IDs with 'spybot' program

(Newser) - The computer ace behind a $26 million worldwide identity theft heist is only 18, police said today, after nabbing New Zealander Owen Whyte. The teen allegedly wrote a ‘spybot’ program which stole financial data from more than a million computers. Police called him “one of the most skilled...

NZ Teenager Is Alleged Hacker Mastermind

'AKILL' was under 18 when he reportedly led hacks that cost $20M

(Newser) - New Zealand police working with FBI today took into custody an 18-year-old accused of leading a cybercrime network responsible for $20 million worth of damage. Known by the name “AKILL,” the alleged teenaged mastermind wrote software that could control computers and then sold his skills to other hackers....

FBI Arrests Penn Junior in Hacker Sting

Part of worldwide police moves against Kiwi 'botnet' scheme

(Newser) - A junior at the University of Pennsylvania hijacked and crashed a school server as part of a New Zealand hacker's plan to take over multiple online chat sites, an FBI indictment said today. The arrest of Ryan Goldstein, 21, was part of a number of cases in an FBI operation...

FBI's Mental Health Gun-Ban List Doubles

Addition highlights scope of 'background check loophole'

(Newser) - Spurred by April shootings at Virginia Tech, new reporting of mental health data has doubled the number of Americans banned from purchasing guns on such grounds, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said today. Nearly 220,000 names have been added to the FBI list, highlighting the data-sharing gap that allowed shooter...

Peterson Lawyer Hails FBI Joining in Wife Search

Hopes it will end 'witch hunt' against his client

(Newser) - Drew Peterson’s lawyer praised the arrival of FBI assistance in the search for Stacy Peterson, the ex-Chicago police sergeant’s missing fourth wife. "My hope is that this will move from the witch hunt that it has become and go back to a missing person case," Peterson’...

36 Years Later, Hijacker's Fate Still Intrigues

DB Cooper and his $200K parachuted out of plane, into legend

(Newser) - The legend was born in 1971. A hijacker who said he had a bomb traded 36 plane passengers for $200,000 and passage to Mexico. The Boeing 727 took off from Sea-Tac Airport, and the man known as DB Cooper parachuted out the back and into history. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer...

Hate Crimes Up; Racial Incidents Dominate

FBI figures show 8% jump for 2006

(Newser) - Hate crimes in the US rose 7.8% in 2006, with racially motivated attacks accounting for more than half of 7,722 reported incidents. Religious bias represented one-fifth of hate crimes, and cases of sexual orientation discrimination nearly 16%, the AP reports. Victims of racial bias are overwhelmingly black, according...

Detroit Named Most Dangerous City in America

But experts blast list for hurting cities and distorting perceptions

(Newser) - Motor City sped away as the nation’s most dangerous metropolis, according to the latest crime statistics examined by a private research firm that named Detroit worst of the worst. But city officials and crime experts slammed the annual ranking as worse than useless. A spokesmen for the FBI, whose...

Former FBI, CIA Agent Had Hezbollah Ties

Lebanese immigrant scammed entry, snooped in FBI files

(Newser) - Lebanese native Nada Nadim Prouty overstayed her student visa, obtained US citizenship through a sham marriage, waitressed at a Detroit restaurant suspected of laundering money for Hezbollah, and became a CIA agent with access to sensitive intelligence. The case of Prouty, who tapped into government computers to obtain information about...

14 of 17 Blackwater Killings Unjustified: FBI

But prosecution of guards responsible may be stymied by immunity guarantees

(Newser) - Fourteen of the 17 Iraqi civilians Blackwater guards killed at a busy Baghdad intersection in September were unjustified shootings, FBI investigators have concluded. Three deaths—including a mother and son in a car—could be considered a valid use of lethal force in response to a perceived threat, the New ...

FBI Was Warned of OJ Heist Scheme
FBI Was
Warned of OJ Heist Scheme
Nov 3, 2007 6:20 AM CDT

FBI Was Warned of OJ Heist Scheme

Dealer alerted feds to 'self-organized sting operation'

(Newser) - Three weeks before he participated in OJ Simpson's ill-fated attempt to retrieve sports memorabilia the Juice said was stolen from him, Thomas Riccio told FBI agents that a "self-organized sting operation" was in the works, reports the AP. Riccio said the FBI brushed him off, not wanting to become...

Soccer Mom Tracks Terrorists
Soccer Mom Tracks Terrorists
Nov 2, 2007 5:36 AM CDT

Soccer Mom Tracks Terrorists

Former cheerleader chats up jihadists on her home computer

(Newser) - A suburban Montana mom led US forces to Taliban cells in Afghanistan, found a renegade Stinger missile merchant in Pakistan, and identified a ring of suicide bombers. She also nabbed two domestic terrorists—all from her home computer. Shannen Rossmiller is an amateur Internet sleuth who poses as an al-Qaeda...

Leaky Case Against Ex-FBI Agent Collapses

Charges of aiding Mob hits dropped after witness changes tune

(Newser) - Retired FBI supervisor Roy Lindley DeVecchio left a Brooklyn court today exonerated of helping with Mafia murders after prosecutors dropped all charges in light of new evidence discrediting their main witness. Linda Schiro, a mobster's mistress, could face perjury charges, the New York Times reports, after her testimony in court...

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