http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fbi/ en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:03:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413494/posts - View the Preliminary Crime Statistics For the third year in a row, our Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report shows that violent crime, property crime, and arson have decreased. The latest report compares January-June 2009 figures with the same time period in 2008.Crimes reported to our Uniform Crime Program are down collectively: violent crime overall decreased 4.4 percent, property crime is down 6.1 percent, and arson fell 8.2 percent. Individual crimes are also decreasing across the board: Murder (down 10.0 percent);Forcible rape (down 3.3 percent);Robbery (down 6.5 percent); The 2009 crime statistics are preliminary; the final report will be issued... FBI.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413494/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:03:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413450/posts US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday released hundreds of pages from files on Michael Jackson, revealing the agency assisted in the child molestation probes involving the late pop icon. Responding to requests from various media organisations, the FBI issued more than 300 pages of documents relating to Jackson, who died in June at the age of 50 following an overdose of prescription drugs. The documents contained no new information about Jackson's mysterious death, which is the subject of a criminal investigation targeting the singer's personal physician, Conrad Murray. However the papers reveal information about a 1992 extortion plot involving... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413450/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:45:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413324/posts A ten percent drop in murders during the first six months of this year at a time when gun sales were up dramatically is more proof that there is no correlation between gun ownership and violent crime, say officials with the Second Amendment Foundation. Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413324/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413258/posts <p>The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a computer-security breach targeting Citigroup Inc. (C 3.35, -0.07, -2.05%) that resulted in a theft of tens of millions of dollars by computer hackers, according to a Wall Street Journal report dated Tuesday.</p> Market Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413258/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:45:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411747/posts There's been a report that an anti-Israeli lefty translator working for the FBI has pleaded guilty of leaking classified information respecting government wiretaps to a blogger. Checking the record, the most likely leak that fits the bill is this report about Jane Harman and AIPAC, first reported in Jeff Stein's CQ Quarterly:, and carried by the New York Times: American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411747/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411634/posts An American lawyer and linguist, who was born in Israel, has plead guilty to leaking highly classified FBI document to an Internet blogger and agreed to a prison sentence of 20 months. The final sentence will be decided by the courts. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411634/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:16:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2408312/posts Tiger Woods’ agent is distancing himself from his client, following a report that a doctor who treated the golfer is under investigation for trafficking in performance enhancing drugs. The Tiger Woods saga took a new turn today when The New York Times reported FBI and Canadian authorities were investigating Dr. Anthony Galea, a sports medicine specialist who has treated hundreds of top pro athletes in many sports—including Woods—for possible trafficking in human growth hormone and other banned substances. Galea was arrested in Canada in October, and the Times says that he treated Tiger Woods in 2008 to use a platelet-rich... Daily Beast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2408312/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:57:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406428/posts FBI agents showed up in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon to talk with Somali youth, but they weren't behaving like investigators. What unfolded for a few hours inside the Brian Coyle Center was groundbreaking. The agents, young Somali men and women and Somali elders sat on folding chairs and got acquainted with one another without an immediate crime or crisis hanging over their heads. The event marked another step toward mutual understanding in a tense year that has brought federal indictments against 14 local Somali men accused of providing support to terrorists. A key figure at Saturday's... StarTribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406428/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:32:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406089/posts Courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human Right "W-III" (a screen name that combines his initials with an affinity) must not have gotten word from the Brady Campaign that I "denigrate law enforcement." A retired peace officer, he corresponds with me frequently and cordially, offering tips and comments, or to let me know he's shared a link to one of my columns with his friends. He even freely uses the term "Only Ones" to describe those in his former profession who do not share his support for an armed populace--funny how the only ones that angers are authoritarians who don't think "We... Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406089/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:23:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406039/posts United Airlines passengers removed from flight at Denver airport This is a news story and video interview done by Chris Vanderveen of 9news about United Airlines Flight 227, which was detained at Denver International Airport yesterday. Police officers and FBI were called to the scene. The video at the side gives more info, including passenger interviews. ALSO SEE: Hmmm . . . Yet Another Dry Run?: United 227 Sounds Just Like AirTran 297 ----------- Clearly there is a pattern of such incidents; note similarities to what we are now finding out about Airtran flight 297 Annie Jacobsen's ordeal on Northwest... 9news.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406039/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:14:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404300/posts PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and JOHN P. GILBRIDE, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Field Division ("DEA"), announced that YUSEF SHABAZZ, of Middletown, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison for his involvement in a years-long conspiracy to distribute OxyContin in the New York City area. SHABAZZ, 69, pleaded guilty to narcotics conspiracy, the first count of the Indictment against him, in February 2009. Judge LEWIS... Department of Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404300/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:53:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403747/posts The FBI is searching for five "missing students" from the Washington, D.C., area who may have gone overseas, according to a source familiar with the situation. Families of the missing men "raised concerns" with the FBI, which has launched an investigation into the matter, the source said. The source said agents from the FBI's Washington field office have been interviewing family members, friends and others who may know where the five students went, and how they got there. "It's a concern," the source said of the missing men. It is believed the men are Muslim. Asked whether the men may... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403747/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:06:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403447/posts When your own outfit is trying to put you in jail, it’s time to go.” Those are the words of Robert Baer, once a CIA operative in the Middle East, describing the days in 1995 when he found himself under investigation by the Clinton administration, the FBI, and the CIA’s own inspector general. Baer’s crime? Daring to talk to Iraqi dissidents who were plotting to assassinate Saddam Hussein. CIA officers in 2009 who are living with a Sword of Damocles hovering over their heads—in the form of a special prosecutor appointed by Barack Obama’s attorney general in August to probe... Commentary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403447/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 03:54:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403125/posts A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case against a New Jersey blogger accused of making death threats against three federal judges in Chicago because they wrote a ruling supporting gun control. The mistrial came after the jury sent two notes -- one during its first day of deliberation on Friday and another on Monday -- saying it was hopelessly deadlocked over charges Hal Turner threatened to kill or assault a federal judge. A retrial was scheduled for March 1 in Brooklyn, where the case was moved based on a change-of-venue request. Prosecutors had argued that Turner knew his... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403125/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:49:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2399274/posts The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking to buy two 20MM magazine fed rifles, suppressors, and four extra 20 round magazines. They must have the ammo already, or are looking for a different contractor. Are they cracking down on street gangs from afar? Or, are they anticipating a major Al Qaeda offensive? And, suppressors too? They are buying them in a non- competitive contract from Anzio Ironworks in Florida. Here's their Notice of Intent to Purchase "Spec Sheet..." The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to award a non-competitive, sole source purchase order to Anzio Ironworks Corporation, 1905 16th Street... secondamendmentfreedom.blogspot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2399274/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:18:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400960/posts WHEN LAWYERS LEAVE ONE AFTER THE OTHER, THERE HAS TO BE A LEGAL PROBLEM The Department of Justice announced yesterday that Deputy U.S. Attorney General, David Ogden, the second highest ranking official under Eric Holder, would resign on February 10th and return to private practice. Nia-Malika Henderson, writing for Politico.com, a markedly liberal leaning site, could not deny the facts: The second-in-command at the Justice Department is leaving his post, officials announced Thursday — making him the third top Obama legal official to announce his departure in recent weeks. Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden will return to private practice... The Post and Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400960/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 15:00:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400539/posts December 3, 2009 Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel09/levinson120309.htm FBI Continues to Seek Information about Robert Levinson Retired FBI Special Agent Missing for 1,000 Days Today marks 1,000 days since American citizen Robert Levinson—a retired FBI special agent—went missing on March 9, 2007 during a business trip to Kish Island, Iran. As the FBI is the lead agency in the investigation of the disappearance of Americans overseas, we continue to seek information about Mr. Levinson’s whereabouts, well-being, and the circumstances surrounding his disappearance. Although the FBI has not received any information from Iranian authorities to date about Mr.... FBI.gov - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400539/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:22:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400451/posts The man who brought down Galleon is not finished, and if the report by Reuters' Matt Goldstein is correct, FBI special agent B.J. Kang may well have his sights set on the top of the hedge fund pantheon: SAC Capital itself. This is not a surprise to Zero Hedge, and is something we have speculated on in the past, however the intricacies of such a spectacular take down would have to be refined beyond any reasonable doubt as any allegations against Mr. Cohen will likely see the involvement of every single $1,000/hour billing lawyer in the world, taking on any... Zero Hedge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400451/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:26:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398376/posts Suspect's dad: FBI 'dropped the ball' on warning signsReported by: David Goins Last Update: 11/24 7:58 am The father of the man charged with shooting two soldiers in Little Rock is speaking out. He says his son, Abdulhakim Muhammad, was manipulated by Islamic extremists overseas and the FBI knew it but didn't step in before it was too late. Melvin Bledsoe of Memphis looks at what his son is accused of doing at the Army Recruiter Station in Little Rock last June the same way he looks at foiled terror plots in Dallas, and the Fort Hood shootings earlier this... Fox 16 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398376/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:53:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398219/posts DALLAS—Matthew Bagert, 40, a former priest in Grand Prairie, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 51 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in April to one count of possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Bagert, now a resident of Richardson, Texas, will also be required to register as a sex offender and must surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on January 19, 2010. In plea documents signed and filed with the Court, on February 1, 2005, Grand Prairie Police executed a search... Department of Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398219/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 05:25:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398216/posts Another day, Another Ponzi Scheme Department of Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398216/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 05:18:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397250/posts For more than five years, Hal Turner of North Bergen lived a double life. The public knew him as an ultra-right-wing radio talk show host and Internet blogger with an audience of neo-Nazis and white supremacists attracted to his scorched-earth racism and bare-knuckles bashing of public figures. But to the FBI, and its expanding domestic counter-terror intelligence operations in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, Turner was "Valhalla" — his code name as an informant who spied on his own controversial followers. Turner's clandestine past was confirmed this past summer when he was jailed on charges that he made... Northjersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397250/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:33:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396547/posts The concourse is pretty quiet most days at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, but on a spring night in 2006 about 900 people were milling about at a black-tie affair dining on hors d'oeuvres as they took in a $30,000 laser light and music show. Few knew the lavish, invitation-only party cost $176,000, and even if they did, they probably never would have guessed that the tab was picked up, for the most part, by companies that received public contracts for the $80 million airport renovation. The construction contracts and the big party - a night that cost more than an... The Times-Tribune (Scranton, PA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396547/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:07:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394699/posts WASHINGTON – While attorneys representing the co-author of "Muslim Mafia" were preparing late today to honor a federal court order to return documents obtained from the Council on American-Islamic Relations in an independent undercover operation, FBI agents served a warrant on a Washington, D.C., law office for the same documents. The FBI agents entered the capital law offices of Cozen O'Connor tonight and issued a warrant for thousands of pages of documents as well as audio and video recordings gathered by P. David Gaubatz and his son Chris in a daring and lengthy undercover penetration of CAIR in which the... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394699/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:55:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394513/posts WASHINGTON – While attorneys representing the co-author of "Muslim Mafia" were preparing late today to honor a federal court order to return documents obtained from the Council on American-Islamic Relations in an independent undercover operation, FBI agents served a warrant on a Washington, D.C., law office for the same documents. The FBI agents entered the capital law offices of Cozen O'Connor tonight and issued a warrant for thousands of pages of documents as well as audio and video recordings gathered by P. David Gaubatz and his son Chris in a daring and lengthy undercover penetration of CAIR in which the... WND via The Woodward Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394513/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:28:39 GMT