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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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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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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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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
Proposed FBI plan would authorize 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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FBI Considers Racial Profiling
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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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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
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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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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
DOJ to Oversight: DENIED
Two weeks ago, Chairman Henry Waxman (R-CA) of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued subpoenas for FBI paperwork regarding interviews with President Bush and ... Full Article At TPM Muckraker
Post-9/11 Dragnet Turns Up Surprises
In the six-and-a-half years that the U.S. government has been fingerprinting insurgents, detainees and ordinary people in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa, hundreds have turned out to share an unexpected background, FBI and military officials said... Full Article At Washington Post
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Ex-con arrested, suspected of murdering 8 in Ill., Mo.
GRANITE CITY, Ill. -- Police and FBI agents captured an ex-convict suspected of killing eight people in two states as he smoked a cigarette outside a southwestern Illinois bar Tuesday night, a bar employee said.... Full Article At Chicago Sun-Times
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Police: Ex-convict suspected of killing 8 captured
Authorities say the Illinois State Police have captured an ex-convict suspected of killing eight people in two states. FBI spokeswoman Kelly Brennan says 28-year-old Nicholas T. Sheley (SHEE'-lee) was captured Tuesday in Granite City, about 10 miles... Full Article At San Francisco Chronicle
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FBI, state police probe Md. suspect's jail death
The FBI and Maryland State Police are investigating the strangulation of a 19-year-old man found dead in his cell a day after he was jailed on charges of running over and killing a police officer, authorities said.... Full Article At NY Newsday - National
FBI chases Downstate spree killing suspect
STERLING, Ill. — The FBI has launched a manhunt for an armed and dangerous ex-con suspected of killing eight people in two states including a 93-year-old man, a child, and a couple whose blood-soaked dogs were found roaming a motel parking lot.... Full Article At Chicago Sun-Times