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Excerpt - In March 2007 the U.S. government charged Axion Corp., a small business in Huntsville, Ala., with illegally giving technical drawings for a Blackhawk helicopter part to manufacturers in China. The prosecutors seized Axion's assets and took away its government contract business. The company won an acquittal at trial a year later, but by that time, it was out of business. Axion is the latest in a string of aggressive prosecutions brought by Birmingham U.S. Attorney Alice Martin. Those prosecutions are marked by convictions overturned and innocent men wronged. Two judges have openly questioned whether she knowingly prosecuted innocent...

The online free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, informs that noted Philippine publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer was murdered on November 24, 2000 by members of the police force. According to Wikipedia, “Bubby Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito, were abducted in Makati, the business district of Manila. They were later killed, and their vehicle dumped. In 2001, a number of arrests were made. One of the accused, police colonel Glenn Dumlao, named Cesar Mancao and Michael Ray Aquino as the organisers of the murders. Mancao and Aquino both fled the country. Dumlao later disappeared.” “The ultimate reasons for Dacer’s murder remain a...

BAE Systems shares fell on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday after the company announced that the US Department of Justice is to investigate its compliance with anti-corruption laws. BAE says the formal investigation will cover the company's business "concerning the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." The company's shares plunged nearly 50 pence to trade below 400p on the London Stock Exchange after the investigation was announced. The US market accounts for nearly half of its revenues and BAE says it was the fourth largest defence contractor in the USA, behind Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Boeing by 2006 sales. Earlier...

Excerpt - Joe Nacchio, the aggressive chief executive who oversaw Qwest's spectacular growth as well as its near collapse into bankruptcy, was found guilty on 19 of 42 counts of illegal insider trading, a stellar finish for the Justice Department in its five- year probe of the company's former executives. As Judge Edward Nottingham read the guilty counts Thursday afternoon, Nacchio's eyes watered and his lips stayed firmly pressed together. With his hands crisscrossed on the defense table, he briefly glanced at the gallery and raised his eyebrows as if in disbelief. Earlier, as not-guilty pronouncements were read on the...

A U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) official has joined the debate surrounding Apple’s proprietary digital music technology by criticizing European antitrust activities, but groups attacking Apple are defending their actions. Speaking in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Thomas Barnett, assistant attorney general at the DOJ’s antitrust division, warned that forcing companies to reveal their intellectual property stifles innovation. He used Apple as an example, in a nod to growing discontent in Europe regarding the way that music purchased from iTunes is tied to the iPod. Architects of complaints against Apple in Europe say he’s got it wrong. “We’re not attacking intellectual...

Vigil for murdered Maryland Federal Prosecutor, Jonathan Luna to be held Sunday Dec. 4, Due to numerous requests, please be advised that tomorrow's vigil for Jonathan Luna is open to the public, and we request all who can to please attend. Check Mapquest.com for directions. Use this address: Sensenig and Weaver Well Drilling Co., at 1439 Dry Tavern Road, in Denver, PA Second anniversary of slain federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna’s death to be marked by vigil at murder scene Friends and supporters of slain federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna will mark the second anniversary of his death, on December 4, 2005,...

Second Amendment Solidified by Kurt WilliamsenMay 16, 2005  The Department of Justice issued an extensive report that very clearly and definitely shows that the Second Amendment was intended to protect an individual right. The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel of the United States was charged by the attorney general with addressing "the question whether the right secured by the Second Amendment belongs only to the states, only to persons serving in state-organized militia units like the National Guard, or to individuals generally." The answer was definitive: "The Second Amendment secures a right of individuals generally, not...

The Terri Schindler Schiavo Daily Threads are created month to month as we watch local and national news regarding Terri and her family. Since Terri's supporters are in every time zone, you may see something FIRST. Please share news with us that you don't see here already. Now, why would you want to do that? Terri's Daily Thread for September/October of 2004 was viewed over 15,000 times. Terri's November Daily Thread was viewed over 6,000 times. December's thread is over 3,000 views. More and more good folks are finding out about Terri and that judicial tyranny would take her life,...

Justice: Some Florida officers to enforce immigration law Sunday, July 21, 2002 By CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A group of law enforcement officers in Florida will be given the ability to enforce immigration laws in cases involving terrorism and national security, Justice Department officials announced. Most local law enforcement officers do not have the authority to detain or arrest a person solely on immigration charges. Immigration advocacy groups and many police departments have long fought against police having that power, arguing that illegal immigrants will be reluctant to call police for help out of fear they might be...