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Soccer Mom Tracks Terrorists

Former cheerleader chats up jihadists on
her home computer

Wired Nov 2, 07 5:36 AM CDT

(Newser) - A suburban Montana mom led US forces to Taliban cells in Afghanistan, found a renegade Stinger missile merchant in Pakistan, and identified a ring of suicide bombers. She also nabbed two domestic terrorists—all from her home computer. Shannen Rossmiller is an amateur Internet sleuth who poses as an al-Qaeda operative to chat up and track jihadists on the web, reports Wired . More »

More about: Internet • FBI • War on Terror • counterterrorism • jihad • Montana

Leaky Case Against Ex-FBI Agent Collapses

Charges of aiding Mob hits dropped after witness changes tune

New York Times Nov 1, 07 5:23 PM CDT

(Newser) - Retired FBI supervisor Roy Lindley DeVecchio left a Brooklyn court today exonerated of helping with Mafia murders after prosecutors dropped all charges in light of new evidence discrediting their main witness. Linda Schiro, a mobster's mistress, could face perjury charges, the New York Times reports, after her testimony in court contradicted statements she made to a Village Voice writer. More »

More about: murder • FBI • Mafia • Linda Schiro • Roy Lindley DeVecchio

Reporter Tapes Kill Mob Hit Trial

Charges against renegade ex-FBI agent collapse

New York Times Nov 1, 07 3:55 AM CDT

(Newser) - The mob murder trial of a former FBI agent collapsed yesterday after lawyers listened to a journalist's taped interviews revealing that the key prosecution witness had lied, reports the New York Times . Prosecutors decided to drop the case against Roy DeVecchio after a conference room drama that could could have come straight from an episode of TV's "Law & Order." More »

More about: murder • FBI • Mafia • Linda Schiro • Gregory Scarpa • Roy Lindley DeVecchio

Court Hears
of Mafia Help
on FBI Probe

'Mississippi Burning' case cracked with aid from notorious hit man

New York Post Oct 30, 07 10:15 AM CDT

(Newser) - Jurors heard shocking testimony yesterday in the trial of an ex-FBI agent charged with helping a Mafia informant complete four hits. The onetime girlfriend of a hit man known as the "Grim Reaper" testified that Gregory Scarpa was on the FBI's payroll, traveled to Mississippi, and provided the bureau with information about the notorious "Mississippi Burning" murders. More »

More about: FBI • Mafia • Linda Schiro • Gregory Scarpa

Blackwater Guards Handed Immunity in Probe Blunder

Protection given without authorization

Associated Press Oct 30, 07 4:59 AM CDT

(Newser) - State Department investigators have jeopardized the Blackwater criminal probe by promising immunity to guards involved in the controversial shooting last month that killed 17 Iraqis, the AP discovered. The investigators, from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, offered the guards limited-use immunity or "garrity" protection, which prohibits their statements from being used in criminal prosecution. More »

More about: Iraq • FBI • State Department • Blackwater

Grand Jury Probes Copperfield

Aspiring model says illusionist forced himself her at his island resort

Seattle Times Oct 28, 07 4:01 PM CDT

(Newser) - A federal grand jury is considering bringing rape charges against David Copperfield, unidentified law enforcement officials told the Seattle Times . A 21-year-old aspiring model told police that Copperfield, 51, lured her to his private island and raped her, then threatened her to keep quiet. Copperfield's attorney chided law enforcement for the leak, saying, “It casts doubt on the integrity of the investigation.” More »

More about: FBI • rape • US Attorney's Office • David Copperfield

McCanns Release Sketch of Man Carrying Child Away

Spotted on night of Maddy's disappearance

Guardian (UK) Oct 26, 07 5:41 AM CDT

(Newser) - In the latest effort to find their missing daughter, Kate and Gerry McCann yesterday released an artist's impression of a man seen carrying a child near the McCanns' vacation apartment in Portugal on the evening of Maddy's disappearance. The sketch is based on the testimony of a friend dining with the McCanns at the time, the Guardian reports. More »

More about: FBI • Madeleine McCann • missing child • Portugal • Kate McCann • Gerry McCann

Mob Nearly Iced Rudy in '80s

The federal prosecutor narrowly avoided earning a Mafia hit in the 198s

New York Post Oct 25, 07 1:52 PM CDT

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani could’ve slept with the fishes but for a 3-2 vote among New York’s five Mafia bosses not to put a contract on the then-federal prosecutor in the mid-'80s. Among the two younger hotheads who wanted to whack the GOP's current presidential frontrunner was none other than John Gotti, the Post reports. More »

More about: Rudy Giuliani • FBI • assassination • Mafia • John Gotti

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