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Minn. man indicted for having Molotov cocktails

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:38:11 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS - A western Minnesota man arrested earlier this month in what the FBI called a thwarted terror plot has been indicted, but not on any terror-related charges.

Bulger attorney says informant should be exposed

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:20:30 -0400

BOSTON - An attorney for James "Whitey" Bulger argued Wednesday that the government should expose the identity of a confidential informant he believes could undermine two star witnesses against the reputed gangster.

Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:50:34 -0400

ORLANDO, Florida - A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities in central Florida early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said.

Officials say Benghazi suspects under surveillance

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:20:28 -0400

WASHINGTON - Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to seize them as terrorist suspects, officials say, but prefers to wait until investigators have enough evidence to try them in a U.S. civilian courtroom.

Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:19:20 -0400

WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress - a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies.

NIU administrator to retire after FBI probe

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:50:06 -0400

DEKALB, Illinois - A Northern Illinois University administrator who went on leave after an FBI investigation will retire at the end of the month.

Policy, discretion guide media sources probes

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:35:59 -0400

WASHINGTON - It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier.

Gov't presses ahead on another leak case

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:01:02 -0400

WASHINGTON - In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory - by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information.

Somali reaction to al-Shabab sentences mixed

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:33:49 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS - Wide-ranging sentences handed down in the yearslong federal investigation into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group al-Shabab have kindled a mix of outrage, confusion and relief among members of Minnesota's large Somali community.

Even after Cold War, US-Russia spy game continues

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:38:55 -0400

WASHINGTON - The embarrassing arrest of a suspected CIA officer in Moscow is the latest reminder that even after the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia are in an espionage battle with secret tactics, spying devices and training that sometimes can't prevent capture.

Mailings containing ricin found in Spokane

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:24:03 -0400

SPOKANE, Washington - Two letters that contained the deadly poison ricin have been intercepted at a U.S. Postal Service facility in Spokane this week.

Ex-Pa. police chief's corruption sentence delayed

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:11:31 -0400

PITTSBURGH - The federal sentencing of a former southwestern Pennsylvania police chief who pleaded guilty to extortion charges was delayed indefinitely Thursday after the defense questioned whether the FBI paid an informant so much money that he didn't legally qualify to secretly tape conversations with the defendant.

Documents: Ricin letters suspect evaded police

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:41:34 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - The man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials appears to have attempted to evade law enforcement just days before his arrest, according to FBI documents made public Thursday.

Ex-officer at Angola charged in inmate beating

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:46:09 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - A second former officer at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been charged in Baton Rouge by federal prosecutors pursuing an alleged cover-up of an inmate beating.

Billings teacher on leave, FBI investigating

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:16:06 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - A teacher and girls' basketball coach at Billings West High was placed on paid administrative leave after school officials learned he was being investigated by the FBI and the Montana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Freeh hired by plaintiffs against Browns owner

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:53:23 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - Former FBI Director Louis Freeh's firm has been hired by trucking companies suing Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam's company, Pilot Flying J.

FBI agents at NY town hall with search warrant

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:32:22 -0400

SUFFERN, New York - FBI agents cleared employees from a suburban town hall Wednesday, then began a search related to a federal investigation, a bureau spokesman said.

NC man pleads to buying gun for terrorist jihad

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:29:25 -0400

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina - A North Carolina man who the FBI says spoke of killing U.S. Army soldiers as part of a personal jihad has pleaded guilty to possessing a stolen firearm.

NC man pleads to buying gun for terrorist jihad

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:50:20 -0400

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina - A North Carolina man who the FBI says spoke of killing U.S. Army soldiers as part of a personal jihad has pleaded guilty to possessing a stolen firearm.

Stolen US historical documents returned to owners

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:57:38 -0400

BALTIMORE - At a table in the library of the Maryland Historical Society, an investigator with the National Archives pulls file folder after file folder from a cardboard box and hands them to library director Patricia Dockman Anderson. An FBI agent sits nearby.

Federal charges sought in slain stripper case

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:20:27 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - A Mississippi law enforcement official said Tuesday that state investigators have talked with the FBI to discuss whether federal charges apply in the case of a dismembered Bourbon Street stripper.

Man sentenced in plot against terror witnesses

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:30:37 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - A North Carolina man was sentenced Friday to four life terms for plotting to behead federal witnesses whose testimony helped convict him for his role in an earlier plot to slaughter U.S. servicemen and their families.

Sentencings approach in Somali terror case

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:44:21 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS - Nine people convicted in a government investigation of terror recruitment and financing for an al-Qaida-linked group in Somalia are to be sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.

Case of missing NH convicted killer ends in Greece

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:37:11 -0400

NASHUA, New Hampshire - A New Hampshire man who fled a day before being convicted in 1991 of killing his 2-year-old stepson has been tried and convicted again in Greece, where he is serving an 18-year sentence for the boy's death, authorities said Friday.

Tunisian man denies NY terror cell plot claims

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:05:50 -0400

NEW YORK - A Tunisian man accused of radicalizing a Canadian resident charged in a plot to derail a train has been charged with trying to stay in the United States illegally to build a terrorism cell for international acts of terror such as poisoning a water system with bacteria, authorities said Thursday.