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Justice Department Considers Racial Profiling For Terror Prevention
The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups. Law enforcement officials say the... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Civil Rights Review: 07/03/08
Your morning roundup of Civil Rights and related news. The review will be off for July 4th, and will return to action Monday morning. TMV note: I still haven’t quite made a permanent decision on how I want to do this, but for now I think I... Full Article At The Moderate Voice
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Rep. Young taps campaign to pay aide's lawyers (AP)
AP - With an Election-year corruption investigation looming, Rep. Don Young has tapped his campaign war chest to pay not only his own million-dollar legal tab but also to hire lawyers for his campaign... Full Article At Yahoo! News - Politics
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Alaska lawmaker is paying aide's legal bills
With an Election-year corruption investigation looming, Rep. Don Young has tapped his campaign funds not only to pay his million-dollar legal tab but also to hire lawyers for his campaign manager, who... Full Article At Baltimore Sun - National
Currie entitled to get papers, judge rules
State senator facing probe over ties to grocery chain may have copies of material seized in case State Sen. Ulysses Currie is entitled to have copies of materials seized from his home during an FBI raid in May, as well as the search warrant affidavit filed... Full Article At Baltimore Sun - Local Politics
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FBI Considers Racial Profiling
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Colombia's Commandos Perform Remarkably
The raid that freed the hostages recalls the Israelis at Entebbe, while the FBI looks inept.... Full Article At U.S. News & World Report
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21st Century Law Enforcement at its Finest
by matttbastard Because the presumption of innocence is, like, so September 10th, dude: The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single... Full Article At bastard.logic
Proposed FBI plan would authorize racial profiling
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AP IMPACT: Race profiling eyed for terror probes
The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups. Law enforcement officials say the... Full Article At San Francisco Chronicle
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Police, FBI search for North Side bank robber
Police and the FBI are searching for a man who robbed a North Side bank Thursday morning.... Full Article At Chicago Sun-Times
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AK-AL: Don Young lawyers up, and lawyers his staff up too
You know your legal problems are bad, when you're spending more on your campaign manager's legal fees than he makes , and more than you're spending on campaign polling despite facing the two toughest challengers you've seen in nearly twenty years. With an ... Full Article At Daily Kos
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Don Young Gives Campaign Cash to Lawyers
Rep. Don Young (R-AK) has been fighting corruption charges for awhile . He even tried a legal defense fund to help him through hard times , but now it looks like he's started to pay his own million-dollar legal tab from his campaign funds, but... Full Article At TPM Muckraker
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Currie can get papers
Judge rules senator is entitled to copies of material in case State Sen. Ulysses Currie is entitled to have copies of materials seized from his home during an FBI raid in May, as well as the search warrant affidavit filed by the U.S. attorney's office... Full Article At Baltimore Sun - Local Politics
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Terrorism task force searches area home
A spokesman says the FBI-led joint Terrorism task force is searching a home in suburban McHenry County.... Full Article At Chicago Sun-Times
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Vicky Ward: Trial runs for Wall Street's finest
It's muggy here - a point emphasised by the increasing number of sweating brows I've watched on TV the past week. These brows mainly belong to men in suits who are on their way in and out of courthouses on charges of white-collar crime. One theory, according to prosecutors and TV pundits, is... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Credit Crunch Fuels Rise in Loan Schemes
The FBI and regulators said they are seeing a rise in "advance fee" loan schemes in which companies charge would-be borrowers upfront fees but never seriously try to find financing for their projects.... Full Article At Wall Street Journal: Politics and Policy
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Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse
Cross-posted on Right Michigan at www.RightMichigan.com . I swear, we could talk about a shocking new detail or a major new scandal out of Detroit every day for a year and we still won't have gotten to the bottom of all of the sludge (har) in the lefty Mecca. Today it's the Ivory Tower... Full Article At Redstate
Ex-Aide: FBI Investigating Rep. Conyers' Wife
An adviser to Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers said FBI agents asked him in early June to cooperate with their investigation into possible City Hall corruption. Sam Riddle, a political consultant... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Hypocrisy, FISA, Guns, and Government: Jim Cooper Abuses His Congressional Throne
The government, some would have us believe, is beyond the kind of criminal conduct that necessitated the second amendment. The Bush Administration, some Democrats would have us believe, is reprehensible in its handling of ... Full Article At Redstate