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FBI Report: One Drug Arrest Made Every 18 Seconds

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


Someone is arrested in the United States for a drug-law violation every 18 seconds, an FBI report released Monday shows. More than four-fifths of th...

Danny Pang Dead: Financier Under Investigation Dies

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business


LOS ANGELES — Danny Pang, an Orange County financier accused by federal regulators of defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollar...

FBI Agents Missed Chance To Stop Atta, Informant Says

ABC News | BRIAN ROSS and VIC WALTER | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


On the eve of the eight year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an FBI informant who infiltrated alleged terrorist cells in the U.S. tells ABC News the ...

"Capitolism": A Race between Congressional Corruption and the Most Massive Citizen Involvement in U.S. Legislative History

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Gail McGowan Mellor

All of the sudden five-year increase in consumer spending, which primed the U.S. economy for the fall, can be attributed to health care costs.

FBI Whistleblower: Hastert, Burton, Blunt, Other Members of Congress 'Bribed, Blackmailed'

Brad Friedman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Brad Friedman

The broad criminal conspiracy is said to have resulted in, among other things, the sale of nuclear weapons technology to black market interests including Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, Libya and others.

Who Are the Two Syrians Released From Guantanamo to Portugal?

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Andy Worthington

Their stories, as revealed in publicly available documents from Guantánamo, reveal that neither man had any connection whatsoever to international terrorism.

N.C. Native Wrongly Deported To Mexico

Charlotte Observer | Kristin Collins | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


The U.S. government admitted in April that it had wrongly deported an N.C. native, but newly released documents show that federal investigators ignore...

Mafia Looking For Cut Of Stimulus Pie

New York Times | WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York


Everybody is looking for stimulus money. From bridge builders to food stamp recipients, from roofers to subway riders, from teachers to housing proje...

Formerly-'Gagged' FBI Whistleblower Details Congressional Blackmail, Bribery, Espionage, Corruption in Remarkable Videotaped Deposition

Brad Friedman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Brad Friedman

Just over two weeks ago, FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds was finally allowed to speak about much of what the Bush Administration spent years trying to keep her from discussing publicly.

Former Dem Strategist Connected To Missouri Bombing

STL Today | Tony Messenger, Robert Patrick, and Jake Wagman | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


A federal search warrant obtained by the Post-Dispatch connects a former Democratic campaign strategist to a Clayton bombing last year that seriously ...

FBI Director Outraged By Lockerbie Bomber Release

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 09.22.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller sharply criticized Scotland's justice minister for releasing the Lockerbie bomber, an act that "gives c...

F.B.I. Fugitive Is Still Licensed To Fly

nytimes.com | MATTHEW L. WALD | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a $50,000 reward for a Seattle man it says is a domestic terrorist. But that has not kept him from kee...

Two Women, Two Potential Assassins Out On the Street

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Two women, two potential presidential assassins, are free today, 34 years after they attempted to assassinate Pres. Gerald Ford.

Airlines To Begin Asking Passengers For More Information

washingtonpost.com | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics


U.S. airlines on Saturday will begin asking travelers to provide their birth date and sex for the first time under a new aviation security requirement...

Women Criminals I have Known

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living


Geri Spieler

It seems it is the season for paroling women who attempt to assassinate our presidents and those who commit heinous crimes.

Bridges of Rhetoric and Suspicion

Abukar Arman | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics


Abukar Arman

We must build bona fide bridges of understanding to significantly reduce elements hindering the ability of the US and Muslim world to work together on critical issues of mutual importance.

DNA Testing of Detained Immigrants Easier Said Than Done

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess And Emily Witt | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Seven months after the federal government gave final approval to a controversial plan to collect DNA samples from undocumented immigrants, the program...

The World's Most Hated Blogger

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media


Andrea Chalupa

Two years ago, it's fair to say, Casey Serin hit bottom. A bottom lower than most of us could go -- a bottom that would make most of us nauseous and curl into fetal position, whimpering.

Guantanamo As Hotel California: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics


Andy Worthington

Prisoners who do not face ill-treatment on return to their homelands are still held, no matter how many times their release is approved by various representatives of the U.S. government.

How Leonard Peltier Could Leave Prison by August 18

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


Harvey Wasserman

For a formidable and growing global community of supporters, the prospect of Native American activist Leonard Peltier finally leaving prison inspires a longing that cuts to the depths of the soul.

Federal Reserve Has Lowest Job Approval Rating; CDC, NASA Top List: Poll

Gallup | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


At a time when Americans are discouraged about the direction of the country and hesitant about the scope of President Barack Obama's federal budget pl...

Taking the Wheels Off the Machine

Timothy Karr | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics


Timothy Karr

New Jersey's progressive movement should see Cammarano's demise as an opportunity. It's our chance to pry the state's Democratic Party from the patronage system that put "business as usual" before accountability.

New Evidence Reveals Feds 'Coached, Cajoled, Threatened' Star Witness in Siegelman Case

Brad Friedman | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


Brad Friedman

How it's even possible that former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman's bribery case and conviction has not long ago been dropped by the Dept. of Justice is beyond us.

Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano Gets Ground Into Powder

Derek Beres | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics


Derek Beres

One quote from Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano from the Criminal Complaint against him paints a picture of what was going on during his election process.

Kris Thompson, Flack For Former Sen. Joe Bruno, Gets Subpoena After Blasting Feds

New York Daily News | Kenneth Lovett | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York


ALBANY - Indicted former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's spokesman was subpoenaed by the FBI Tuesday - a day after ripping the federal prosecutor i...