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U.S. / NEWS Thu May 22, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Nine agents with the federal Transportation Security Administration were accidentally doused with pepper spray at Mineta San Jose International Airport today when a canister of the powerful chemical discharged, an airport official said. The incident ha.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 9:19am neoform

SF Gate -- A 31-year-old man was arrested Tuesday by federal agents and sheriff's officials acting on a tip that the convicted burglar had a rocket launcher. Paul Henry Ledwik was arrested without incident on a felon in possession of firearms warrant issued by a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 9, 2007 @ 10:11am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- Three illegal immigrants were shot dead and two more were wounded after falling prey to suspected bandits as they crossed into the United States from Mexico, police said. Sergeant James Ogden of Pima County Sheriff's Department said the bodies of three.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 13, 2006 @ 4:38pm mrmdc

Washington Post -- Two-thirds of Americans believe that the FBI and other federal agencies are intruding on privacy rights as part of terrorism investigations, but they remain divided over whether such tactics are justified, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll rele.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Oct 28, 2006 @ 12:42pm neoform

NJ -- Screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport failed 20 of 22 security tests conducted by undercover U.S. agents last week, missing an array of concealed bombs and guns at checkpoints throughout the hub's three terminals, federal security officials f.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 4, 2007 @ 12:16pm neoform

New York Times -- Scores of federal immigration agents from around the country, some wearing cowboy hats and brandishing shotguns and automatic weapons, endangered residents and local police officers last week as they raided homes in Nassau County in a poorly planned antig.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 9:47am neoform

USA Today -- The federal government is in the midst of an unprecedented intervention into the local criminal justice system here, adding more than 40 agents and prosecutors to regain some basic daily operations lost to Hurricane Katrina nearly two years ago. The ef.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 19, 2007 @ 7:30pm neoform

USA Today -- A military contractor is recruiting current and former agents with the U.S. Border Patrol to teach Iraqis how to secure their national borders. The U.S. State Department has asked Virginia-based DynCorp International to find 120 people with Customs and.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 11:15pm neoform

FOX News -- The man shot in the buttocks by two U.S. Border Patrol agents now in prison for the shooting and the coverup is breaking his silence, saying he is well aware that 'everybody hates me there (in America).' Osvaldo Aldrete Davila was shot in February 2005.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 10:39am neoform

Washington Post -- The FBI, which has been criticized for improperly gathering telephone records in terrorism cases, has told its agents they may still ask phone companies to voluntarily hand over toll records in emergencies by using a new set of procedures, officials said.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 9, 2007 @ 9:38am neoform

ABC News -- The FBI repeatedly failed to follow the strict guidelines of the Patriot Act when its agents took advantage of a new provision allowing the FBI to obtain phone and financial records without a court order, according to a report to be made public Friday by.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Dec 16, 2006 @ 11:54pm neoform

Jackson Sun -- McKenzie man told undercover agents he wanted to detonate bomb Man gets 30 years for bomb plotting.. Read More