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NEWS ABOUT: FBI

FBI stories: 258 news summaries

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Saddam Feared Iran, Would
Have Asked Bush for Help

Also said he never met 'zealot' bin Laden

Jun 24, 09 7:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saddam Hussein feared Iran more than the US and once considered cutting a deal with George W. Bush, the Daily News reports. In newly declassified interrogations from 2004, Saddam said that if Iran threatened to attack, he "would have sought a security agreement with the US," says the... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Saddam Hussein • FBI • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda

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Legendary Hacker: It Was
'a Huge Game'

Mitnick reflects on the road from 'computer terrorist' to consultant

Jun 22, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tagged a “computer terrorist,” Kevin Mitnick served jail time after eluding the FBI for 3 years; today, he’s a security consultant. The best-known hacker ever tells CNET his infiltration of firms like Motorola and Sun “was like a huge game”: “thrilling, adventurous,” and “... More »

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FBI • law enforcement • hacker • Sun Microsystems • Motorola • computer security • cybercrime • interview • Kevin Mitnick

 FBI Squeezed Deep Throat 

Obscenity probe marked the end of FBI efforts against turning cultural tide

Jun 20, 09 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI made a huge effort to stop the spread of '70s porn hit Deep Throat, documents newly released to the AP reveal. Top agents and field offices in almost every major city were involved in the probe, in which negatives were analyzed, copies of the film seized, and interviews... More »

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FBI • pornography • obscenity • Deep Throat • Linda Lovelace

(AP) - The FBI says DNA testing confirms that a 54-year-old Michigan man is not a toddler kidnapped in Long Island in 1955. John Barnes is not Stephen Damman, who disappeared at age 2 from outside an East Meadow bakery while his mother shopped. Barnes says he has long suspected the couple... More »

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FBI • Michigan • missing child • DNA evidence • John Barnes • Stephen Damman

(Newser) - Police discovered child pornography on a computer during a search of the home of suspected Holocaust Museum gunman James von Brunn, the Washington Post reports. FBI agents would not detail the amount or type of material discovered in the 88-year-old's Annapolis apartment. They also found a rifle, a handwritten... More »

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FBI • Holocaust • white supremacism • child pornography • computer • shooting • evidence • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

(Newser) - The shootings of George Tiller and a National Holocaust Museum guard came despite a renewed FBI effort to preempt solo acts of political violence, the Wall Street Journal reports. Identifying such extremists—while respecting their civil rights—is a challenge. Both James von Brunn and Scott Roeder expressed their... More »

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FBI • extremists • white supremacism • domestic terrorism • right-wing extremism • Scott Roeder • James Von Brunn

Real Housewife's Dark Past Comes to Light

Danielle Staub has a felony on her record

Jun 8, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The shocking reveal is a reality-TV staple, and The Real Housewives of New Jersey has a doozy—cast member Danielle Staub has a criminal past. Even on a show that trades in bad taste, Staub sticks out for being its first felon, reports the New York Post. In last week's... More »

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FBI • extortion • Bravo • Real Housewives of New Jersey • Danielle Staub

(Newser) - David Carradine’s family has asked the FBI to look into his death, the New York Daily News reports. “They want an investigation,” said a lawyer for Carradine’s brother. The 72-year-old actor was found in a hotel closet in Bankok with a rope tied to his... More »

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entertainment • suicide • investigation • FBI • crime • Thailand • David Carradine

Feds Boost Abortion Clinic Security Amid Tiller Probe

FBI checks earlier vandalism incident

Jun 2, 09 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - US Attorney General Eric Holder boosted security for abortion providers yesterday as the FBI investigated a vandalism incident at the clinic operated by slain doctor George Tiller, the Wichita Eagle reports. Tiller reported a threat last month, days after the Women’s Health Care Services clinic sustained thousands of dollars... More »

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abortion • investigation • FBI • security • Attorney General • vandalism • Eric Holder • clinic • George Tiller • Scott Roeder

Infamous Terrorist Flees
to Lebanon

Suspect in 1982 Pan Am bombing spotted
in Tripoli: FBI official

May 29, 09 6:25 PM CDT
(AP) - A master bomb maker who once targeted commercial airliners and was suspected of aiding the Iraq insurgency has fled to Lebanon, an FBI official has confirmed. There is information that 73-year-old Abu Ibrahim was reportedly in Tripoli, a city in northwest Lebanon, the official said earlier this week. The... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Lebanon • FBI • terrorist • suspected terrorists • Abu Ibrahim

 FBI to Expand 
 Role Battling 
 Terrorism 

Marks effort toward investigation, criminal prosecution of accused terrorists

May 28, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI will take a bigger role in the fight against terrorism, the Los Angeles Times reports, moving into investigation and criminal prosecution of accused terrorists. The shift marks a change from the secretive CIA operations favored by the Bush administration, and ties in with President Obama’s assertion that... More »

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national security • CIA • FBI • Robert Mueller • counterterrorism • investigations • criminal prosecution

Pinning Burris for Perjury Difficult: Experts

Senator says he was just placating Blago brother in taped calls

May 28, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Controversy surrounding Roland Burris' appointment to the Senate has heated up after the release of his conversations with Rod Blagojevich’s brother, taped by the FBI, but a criminal case against him is still iffy, Politico reports. The possibility of perjury charges over inconsistencies in Burris’ statements is slim, experts... More »

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ethics • Congress • FBI • Senate • perjury • tape • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • fundraising • Roland Burris • Robert Blagojevich

Accused NY Plotters, 'Eager' to Kill Jews, Denied Bail

Would-be temple bombers 'eager to bring death to Jews': feds

May 21, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge today ordered three New York men accused of plotting to blow up a synagogue and target military aircraft to be held without bail, the Journal News reports. “These were people who were eager to bring death to Jews,” said an assistant US attorney. The aspiring... More »

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terrorism • FBI • New York • Jews • terror plots • synagogue • terror cell • James Cromitie • David Williams • Onta Williams

FBI Arrests 4
in Plot to Bomb Synagogue, Down Plane

Rep. King cites 'homegrown terror'

May 20, 09 9:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four men have been arrested after plotting to blow up a synagogue in New York City and shoot down a plane at an Air National Guard base, the Daily News reports. Undercover FBI agents sold the men what they thought were C-4 explosives, and they were arrested with them near... More »

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terrorism • FBI • New York City • synagogue • terror cell

Supreme Court Dumps Suit Vs. Mueller, Ashcroft

9/11 detainee faulted FBI head, former AG over confinement rules

May 18, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(AP) - The Supreme Court says a lawsuit against FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft by a former Sept. 11 detainee cannot go forward. The court today overturned a lower court decision that let Javaid Iqbal's lawsuit against the high-ranking officials proceed. Iqbal is a Pakistani Muslim who... More »

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FBI • John Ashcroft • Robert Mueller • September 11 • lawsuit • detainee • US Supreme Court • attorney general • Javaid Iqbal

 Boy Scouts Train to Fight Terror, Patrol Borders
 

Program trains kids in terror threats, border protection

May 14, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Think of it as Extreme Boy Scouting: the co-ed Explorers program has trained kids across the country in law enforcement techniques for decades. But lately “our emphasis is on terrorism, illegal entry, drugs, and human smuggling,” says a Border Patrol agent of the program. That means charging around... More »

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FBI • counterterrorism • Border Patrol • training • police department • Boy Scouts of America • Explorers

After 2 Mistrials, 5 Convicted in Sears Tower Attack Plot

One of the Liberty City Six was acquitted

May 12, 09 2:25 PM CDT
(AP) - Five men were convicted today of plotting to join forces with al-Qaeda to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices in hopes of igniting an anti-government insurrection. A jury in Miami acquitted one member of the so-called "Liberty City Six." Ringleader Narseal Batiste was the only... More »

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terrorism • FBI • terror plots • guilty • Sears Tower • al-Qaeda • Liberty City 7 • criminal trial

'Biohackers' Create New,
DIY Organisms

Feds try to asses
threat from part-time Frankensteins

May 12, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Katherine Aull is creating new forms of life in her closet. Armed only with jury-rigged equipment and some DNA she bought online, the 23-year-old is creating custom E. coli bacteria she thinks could help cancer research. Aull is part of a growing movement of “biohackers,” amateur biologists crafting... More »

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national security • FBI • bacteria • biology • weapons of mass destruction • biological weapons • biohackers

 FBI Bares Pics of 
 Tot-Snatch Suspects 

Men filmed buying tape in hardware store that was likely used to restrain mom

May 10, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI has released photos from a video surveillance tape showing two men suspected of kidnapping a 3-year-old boy during a southern California home invasion, reports CNN. The suspects are seen entering a hardware store where they purchased heavy-duty tape which investigators believe was used to bind Briant Rodriguez's mom... More »

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 'Cahier's Check' Typo
 Sinks Fraud Scam 

Thief ordered phones
to FBI office, but
agents were waiting

May 9, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Tennessee man is being held on two counts of forgery in a scheme that included fake cashier’s checks spelled “cahier’s” and the delivery of merchandise to an FBI office, the Monroe News Star reports. The Monroe FBI received a package of refurbished cell phones and... More »

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FBI • Tennessee • smartphones • check fraud • typographical error • stolen merchandise

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