This time it happened a couple of miles from me: A former Hamilton resident who worked the audio-visual system for an area church allegedly sent child pornography while on the job. Albert Jefferson Stone, 28, of Harrison Avenue in Cincinnati was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 12, by the FBI and charged in U.S. District Court with […]
In 1986 a political operative in Texas called a press conference to say that the Democratic opponent of his boss had bugged their offices. The FBI and police investigated it and dropped the case. That Republican operative was none other than Karl Rove. So crying wolf and using the police to try and garner some […]
That’s what the FBI is wondering: FBI agents investigating government watchdog Scott Bloch have subpoenaed any records that would reveal whether concerns about the 2004 elections prompted him to clear Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of ethics violations. Bloch, the U.S. special counsel who investigates federal employee whistleblower complaints, found no merit to allegations that […]
By having his agencies screw up the terrorist watch list: A new Justice Department audit shows that for nearly three years the FBI gave outdated, incomplete and error-riddled data about terror suspects to be added to the government’s watchlist. Overall, the audit by the department’s inspector general gives the FBI a mixed review for its […]
Yesterday the wingnuts were quick to pin the blame of the Times Square bombing on the “anti-war left”. Now news comes out that the “anti-war” letters received by members of Congress yesterday was not connected to the bombing: There’s apparently no link between the bombing of an military recruiting station in New York’s Times Square […]
That’s what we are becoming, and it’s all in the name of “terror”: The FBI acknowledged Wednesday it improperly accessed Americans’ telephone records, credit reports and Internet traffic in 2006, the fourth straight year of privacy abuses resulting from investigations aimed at tracking terrorists and spies. The breach occurred before the FBI enacted broad new […]
I was working on a post about the FBI investigating if Roger Clemens lied to Congress and wondering what it takes to get an investigation when someone from the administration does the same. Well it looks like someone was in my mind. The AP has just issued a breaking news alert that Nancy Pelosi is […]
And the crime family known as the RNC continues on: There are reports that former U.S. Senator Trent Lott is under investigation in connection with an on-going judicial bribery probe. Today’s Wall Street Journal is reporting that federal agents are investigating whether Trent Lott knowingly played a role in an alleged conspiracy to influence a […]
For something that started as a little blurb a couple of weeks ago, this story sure has gained momentum: Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), a certified public accountant, had pushed for months for an internal audit of the National Republican Congressional Committee, according to GOP members, but the committee’s treasurer at the time was reluctant. Finally, […]
This is the kind of Orwellian scary shit you think is only possible in books: The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people’s physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists. But it’s an issue that raises major privacy concerns — what […]