Jan 09 Federal prosecutors recommend felony charges against David Petraeus By Ruth Tam Federal prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against former Gen. David Petraeus for providing classified information to Army Reserve Officer Paula Broadwell, his former mistress. Continue reading
Dec 31 Senators seek information on FBI cell tracking By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are seeking answers from the Obama administration about the use of surveillance technology that sweeps up basic cellphone data. Continue reading
Dec 23 Rep. Michael Grimm pleads guilty to federal tax evasion By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm admitted Tuesday to federal tax evasion, pleading guilty to charges he had fought as he won re-election last fall but that now leave his congressional future in question. Continue reading
Dec 19 Obama: ‘Sony made a mistake’ in shelving ‘The Interview’ By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Obama administration says it's determined the North Korean government was behind a devastating hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment. The FBI announcement Friday is the first official statement blaming the isolated country for the cyber-attack. Continue reading
Dec 16 How the Islamic State lures Westerners with a humanitarian approach By Eric Tucker, Sadie Gurman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The three teenage girls from Colorado swapped Twitter messages about marriage and religion with recruiters for the Islamic State group, then set out for Syria with passports and thousands of dollars in stolen cash. Authorities intercepted them in… Continue reading
Dec 11 Read the full Senate report on CIA interrogation and the minority report in response By News Desk Senate investigators delivered a damning indictment of CIA practices Tuesday, accusing the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners beyond legal limits and deceiving the nation with narratives of life-saving interrogations unsubstantiated by its own records. Read… Continue reading
Dec 06 Profiling rules exempt agents at airports, border By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Federal agents who guard the border and screen passengers at airports would be exempt from new racial profiling guidelines that must be observed by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. Those guidelines are being announced by the Obama administration… Continue reading
Dec 01 Should threatening speech be protected on Facebook? By Sam Hananel, Associated Press The justices will hear arguments Monday in the case of a man who was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for posting graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and… Continue reading
Nov 10 AP demands FBI never impersonate any journalist again By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Associated Press on Monday demanded assurances from the Justice Department that the FBI will never again impersonate a member of the news media, following revelations that an agent in Seattle portrayed himself as an AP journalist as part of… Continue reading
Oct 29 FBI impersonated repairmen in ruse, court filing says By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Federal agents turned off Internet access to three luxury villas at a Las Vegas hotel then impersonated repair technicians to surreptitiously get inside and collect evidence in an investigation of online sports betting, according to defense lawyers challenging the practice. Continue reading