Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, disclosed in an interview that the FBI asked him to preserve records as part of a widening investigation into Alaskan political corruption that has touched his son and ensnared one of his closest political confidants and financial backers.
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, disclosed in an interview that the FBI asked him to preserve records as part of a widening investigation into Alaskan political corruption that has touched his son and ensnared one of his closest political confidants and financial backers.
Inquiry widens into Justice Department hiring

The Justice Department has broadened an internal investigation into whether aides to Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales improperly took into account political considerations in hiring employees, officials familiar with the probe said Thursday.
Gov. Gibbons, a Friend To Defense Contractors

Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons (R) has had a few brushes with the law recently over vacationing with defense contractors and grabbing a woman in a parking garage. Now that federal investigators are bearing down on him over an alleged cash-for-contracts scheme, Gibbons is likely to remain in the limelight.
The White House was hit by 2 sudden resignations Monday when Paul McNulty, a top Justice Department official, and Lanny Davis, the only Democratic member of the president's civil liberties watchdog board, resigned. Both resignations are likely to fuel allegations of White House political meddling in law enforcement and national security issues.
The evidence from the Senate investigation of the unprecedented firing of 8 U.S. attorneys shows an attorney general whose misjudgments are profound, and who is complicit in the greatest politicization of the U.S. Department of Justice since the Nixon administration. Here are some of the particulars of why Alberto Gonzales should go.
In a second blow to House Republicans this week, the FBI raided a business tied to the family of Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) Thursday afternoon as part of an ongoing investigation into the three-term lawmaker. As a result of the raid, Renzi is stepping down from his seat on the House Intelligence Committee.
My decision some months ago to privately seek the resignations of a small number of U.S. attorneys has erupted into a public firestorm. First and foremost, I appreciate the public service of these fine lawyers and dedicated professionals, each of whom served his or her full four-year term as U.S. attorney. I apologize to them, their families and th
Justice Weighed Prosecutors' Politics

The Justice Department weighed political activism and membership in a conservative law group in evaluating the nation's federal prosecutors, documents released in the probe of fired U.S. attorney show.
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Another federal investigation has been launched into GSA chief Lurita Doan, probing concerns she may have violated a ban against conducting partisan political activity at government expense by participating in a meeting on GOP election strategy.
Dr. James Knodell, director of the Office of Security at the White House, revealed today that to his knowledge the White House has never ordered a probe, report, or sanctions as a result of the outing of a covert CIA operative. "I have no knowledge of any investigation in my office," he said.
Giants slugger Barry Bonds and other baseball players under suspicion of using performance enhancing drugs have been asked by Major League Baseball's lead steroids investigator to turn over medical records and submit to interviews.
In early February, the SEC confirmed that it was investigating whether the major brokerage houses were tipping off hedge funds to the trades the brokers handle for big clients like mutual funds. If that's happening, it would be a scandal.
Father Michael Wright, 69, vicar of St Barnabas Church in Jericho since 1980, has been suspended by the Oxford Diocese following a police investigation into the alleged offences,
Restrictions on Background Checks

BURBANK (CAP) - Evidence uncovered by a CAP News investigative team shows that the Disney Channel has been holding its young performers captive in a sort of indentured servitude, forcing them to appear in each other's shows and movies and sleep in the studio chained in boxes.
A former aide testifies in Libby's trial that the vice president directed the effort to discredit a CIA agent's husband. In the first such account from Vice President Dick Cheney's inner circle, a former aide testified Thursday that Cheney personally directed the effort to discredit an administration critic by having calls made to reporters in 2003
Op Ed: Up to Democrats to Investigate Torture

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales'remarks that "there were assurances sought that he [Canadian detainee, Maher Arar], would not be tortured from Syria," infuriated Senator Patrick Leahy. Leahy objected, "Assurances? From the country that President Bush recently described as the "crossroads for terrorism"?
Rockefeller: Cheney applied 'constant' pressure to stall investigation on flawed Iraq intelligence

Vice President Dick Cheney exerted "constant" pressure on the Republican former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee to stall an investigation into the Bush administration's use of flawed intelligence on Iraq, the panel's Democratic chairman charged Thursday.
Sheriff's Office begins cruelty investigation. The cries for help went unanswered for who knows how long. It was about 10:45 p.m. Saturday when Melissa Vanderpool and Robbie Wilson first heard the whimpers. They thought it was just a neighbor's whiny puppy, yearning for attention.
Searches reveal Italian hospital horrors. Expired drugs, unlicensed nurses, stray cats and scuttling rats were among the horrors that emerged from police inspections of Italian hospitals that recommended possible investigations against more than 100 people.
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Pornographic movies now seem nearly as pervasive in America's hotel rooms as tiny shampoo bottles, and the lodging industry shows little concern as conservative activists rev up a protest campaign aimed at triggering a federal crackdown.
German prosecutors said Monday they have decided against opening an investigation into Madonna after the pop diva performed a controversial mock crucifixion scene at a weekend concert. A crowd of about 45,000 packed Duesseldorf's LTU Arena Sunday night to watch the first of two German concerts on the worldwide "Confessions" tour.
The individual styles of hundreds of people's text messages will be analysed in a study that aims to help police with criminal investigations.







