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NEWS ABOUT: undercover

undercover stories: 10 news summaries

Feds Head Off Bombing Plots in Dallas, Illinois

Cases unrelated to each other; no link to Denver, NY terror arrests

Sep 25, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Jordanian citizen arrested in an elaborate FBI sting is to be arraigned today on charges of attempting to blow up a Dallas skyscraper. The court appearance comes a day after an Illinois man was charged with plotting to detonate a bomb near a Springfield courthouse, only to learn that... More »

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terrorism • FBI • Dallas • federal investigation • skyscraper • sting operations • al-Qaeda • undercover • criminal charges • Timothy McVeigh • bomb plot • Hosam Maher Husein Smadi • Michael Finton

(Newser) - A pair of Houston cops recently put away nearly 100 dog fighters, but to do so they had to become “dogmen” themselves. Texas Monthly recounts the undercover sting and provides a look at the brutal sport. The cops were reluctant at first—“we just figured it was... More »

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Texas • law enforcement • police • Michael Vick • Houston • animal cruelty • undercover • dog fighting

 Douglas Son Busted for Meth 


Aug 4, 09 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Douglas' son has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a large amount of crystal meth with intention to sell, authorities told the New York Post. Cameron Douglas, 30, was busted last week at a Manhattan hotel in an undercover operation that allegedly nailed him with some $18,000 worth... More »

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crime • arrest • crystal meth • undercover investigation • undercover • Michael Douglas • drug charges • Cameron Douglas

Judge: CIA Used Fraud to
Get Wiretap Case Dismissed

Orders Tenet to explain misleading actions on wiretap suit

Jul 21, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - US District Judge Royce Lamberth released hundreds of secret filings yesterday, saying the CIA falsely claimed that state secrets were involved in a 15-year-old wiretapping lawsuit, McClatchy reports. The agency allowed the judge to continue believing that an agent involved in the case was undercover, when in reality that cover... More »

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CIA • George Tenet • federal courts • lawsuit • wiretap • undercover • Leon Panetta • wiretapping • U.S. District Court • Royce Lamberth

Covert Journos 'Bribe' Way Into Queen's Palace

News of the World reporters ushered in sans security check

May 24, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an exposé operation, undercover reporters were allowed into “sensitive” sections of Buckingham Palace, the BBC reports. The News of the World journalists reportedly paid a chauffeur at the palace $1,600 for a tour; dressed as Middle Eastern businessmen, they were ushered in without security checks and one... More »

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security • Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • journalist • Britain • British royals • undercover • reporters

UK Dad Tries to Hire Prostitute for 14-Year-Old

Man snagged in police sting draws 10-month suspended sentence

May 15, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A UK man who confessed to trying to pick up a prostitute for his teenage son has been sentenced to 10 months in prison but won't serve time, the Daily Mail reports. The 42-year-old visited Nottingham's red-light district last year on a quest to help his son, 14,  lose... More »

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prostitution • crime • jail • arrest • Britain • Nottingham • prostitute • undercover • virginity • hooker • teenager • child • sex sting

 Judge Blasts 
 Juror-Seducing Mom 

Undercover recordings outing juror won't vacate murder trial verdict

Apr 1, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge has put a halt to efforts by a convicted murderer to have his verdict vacated—because the man's mom acted as a "vigilante" when she flirted with a juror in an attempt to get information out of him, the New York Times reports. After plying Juror... More »

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crime • Brooklyn • mothers • murder trial • juror • undercover • misconduct

 Mom Hatches Sexy Plan 
 to Free Convicted Son 

46-year-old woos juror into confession

Nov 29, 08 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - A Brooklyn mother's bid to have her son's murder conviction overturned reads like a Hollywood script. The married 46-year-old got a makeover, hit the gym, rented an apartment under an alias, then strutted around a juror's neighborhood in six-inch heels and a push-up bra. She taped their flirtatious encounters and... More »

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prosecutorial misconduct • mothers • jury • murder trial • juror • undercover • Doree Giuliano

 Sharpton: Bell Verdict 
 'Abortion of Justice' 

Feds will look into civil-rights charges against NYPD officers

Apr 25, 08 6:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rev. Al Sharpton blasted today's acquittal of three NYPD officers who killed an unarmed man in a 50-slug fusillade in 2006, CNN reports. "Justice didn't miscarry," Sharpton said. "This was an abortion of justice. Justice was aborted." Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged citizens to respect the “... More »

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Al Sharpton • police • Michael Bloomberg • civil rights • police brutality • criminal justice • undercover • New York City Police Department • Sean Bell • Marc Cooper

CIA Lost a Fortune on Failed Terror Traps

Bogus firms failed to provide effective cover for overseas spies

Feb 17, 08 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - CIA officials lost a bundle after 9/11 setting up fake businesses to ensnare suspected terrorists in a strategy it now concedes was ill-conceived, reports the Los Angeles Times. The agency spent hundreds of millions of dollars to establish 12 enterprises in Europe and elsewhere to provide a convincing cover for... More »

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CIA • terrorism • terrorist • spying • suspected terrorists • al-Qaeda • terror network • spies • undercover

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