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'Whitey' Bulger Trial Focuses On FBI Protection Of Gangster
The Hartford CourantA former senior Massachusetts state police officer testified Thursday that some local FBI agents were so consumed with protecting James "Whitey" Bulger that they repeatedly sabotaged state police investigations and even threatened the careers of the...Tags: Murder, Firearms, FBI, Justice System, Police Investigations
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FBI, state police investigating Walkerton-Lincoln Township library
South Bend TribuneWALKERTON -- The FBI and Indiana State Police are conducting an investigation of a smalltown library in southwest St. Joseph County, a state police spokesman confirmed. Sgt. Trent Smith confirmed state police have been working with the FBI on the...Tags: FBI, Arts and Culture, Justice System, Police Investigations, Libraries
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'Entrapment' cited by co-defendant in Medrano trial
Tribune reporterIn closing arguments at the bribery trial of former Chicago Alderman Ambrosio Medrano, an attorney for another defendant summed up the government’s case against his client with one word. “Entrapment,” said Joseph J. Duffy, who...Tags: Bribery, Corporate Crime, Chemical Industry, FBI, Pharmaceuticals
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Voice of the People, Jun. 15
Gay marriage As our legislators in Illinois struggle with gay marriage laws, I would like to offer some insights about gay people that may help to expedite the process. I am not gay, but the following are statements I firmly believe to be true: •...Tags: Mark Kirk, Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Schools, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians
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Little Al's big chance
It was a big moment for the man they call "Little Al." As hundreds of residents and dignitaries watched, a mariachi band strolled down an aisle to celebrate Albert Robles' victory after he was sworn in as Carson's newest councilman. For Robles, this...
Tags: Elections, Lawyers, Judges, Natural Resource Industry, Mervyn Dymally
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Jury gets fraud case against former Chicago alderman
An attorney for former Chicago Ald. Ambrosio Medrano came up with a colorful closing argument to a federal jury Friday, likening a government investigation of his client to cooking live frogs in a pot of water and purposely bringing it to boil slowly so...
Tags: Bribery, Lawyers, Corporate Crime, FBI, Justice System
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Can we trust the NSA?
The dividing line between those who are creeped out by the National Security Agency's surveillance of phone calls and Internet communications and those who are cool with it comes down to a simple question: Do you trust the federal government not to misuse...
Tags: Libertarian Party, U.S. Congress, White House, Government, Elections
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Brazilian journalist slain in apparent effort to silence coverage
CURITIBA, Brazil -- The head of a newspaper renowned for reporting on crime and corruption was shot to death Tuesday in a town outside Rio de Janeiro, the latest in a string of apparent assassinations of Brazilian journalists. Jose Roberto Ornelas de...Tags: Murder, Journalism, Organized Crime, 2016 Olympic Games, Newspaper and Magazine
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NSA surveillance in perspective
President Barack Obama is under harsh attack for stating the obvious: No amount of government ingenuity will guarantee the American people 100 percent security, 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience. He was answering a burst of more heated...
Tags: University of Chicago, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics, Executive Branch, Justice System
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Split in opposition party roils Indian politics
NEW DELHI – In most countries, the main opposition party would have a free ride to power against a government that’s been sharply criticized for policy malaise, weak leadership and a parade of corruption scandals over a nine-year reign. That...
Tags: U.S. Congress, New Delhi (India), Government, Elections, Politics
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Undercover sting at issue during trial of former alderman
Gabriel Casanova would make a good undercover name if this was a page-turner of a spy thriller. But in this caper, Casanova is the real name of the FBI agent who assumed a less conspicuous moniker — George Castro — as part of his real-life...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Court Preliminary, Corporate Crime, Chemical Industry, FBI
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Andres Oppenheimer: Xi's Latin America tour a tit-for-tat message to Obama
The most interesting thing about China's new President Xi Jinping's first official trip to Latin America is that he will not set foot in Cuba, Venezuela or any other of China's political allies in the region — which would have received a huge...Tags: Hu Jintao, Trips and Vacations, Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba
Jun 13, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Jun 14, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Jun 14, 2013
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Jun 15, 2013
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Jun 14, 2013
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Jun 14, 2013
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Jun 10, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 12, 2013
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Jun 10, 2013
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Jun 9, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jun 3, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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