All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up
Paterson Is Said to Have Ordered Calls in Abuse Case
NY Times:
Gov. David A. Paterson personally directed two state employees to contact the woman who had accused his close aide of assaulting her, according to two people with direct knowledge of the governor's actions. (read the article>)
Gov. David A. Paterson personally directed two state employees to contact the woman who had accused his close aide of assaulting her, according to two people with direct knowledge of the governor's actions. (read the article>)
Did The U.S. Have Contact with Terror Group That Attacked Iran?
Newsweek:
After Abdolmalek Rigi—the suspected leader of the anti-Iranian jihadist group Jundullah—was arrested by Iranian authorities last week, he made a startling public claim: the Obama administration offered to give his group money and munitions to help in their efforts to undermine the government of Iran. Obama administration officials say Rigi is making up stories. They insist the United States has never had a relationship with Jundullah, a little-known group of Sunni jihadists based along Pakistan's border with Iran. The group has carried out deadly bombing attacks that have killed hundreds of Iranian soldiers and civilians.. (read the article>)
Tap Water Contaminant 'Castrates' Frogs
USA Today:
An herbicide that contaminates the tap water consumed by millions of Americans has been found to produce gender-bending effects in male frogs, "chemically castrating" some and turning others into females, a study shows. (read the article>)
Indictment Unsealed Against Terror Suspect Zazi's Father
The Wall St Journal:
The father of a man accused of buying chemicals that could be used to make bombs in a plot to attack New York City has been charged in Brooklyn with conspiring to obstruct justice. (read the article>)
Report Questions Conflict Of Interest In Defense Contracts
The Washington Post:
A Defense Department inspector general's report has stirred debate at the Pentagon over what constitutes a conflict of interest after the report determined that Pentagon test agencies gave $91 million in contracts for advice and assistance to corporations that helped develop the system. (read the article>)
FBI Sting Nets 22 Executives In Bribery Probe
The NY Times:
The Justice Department is investigating whether officials of Blackwater Worldwide tried to bribe Iraqi government officials in hopes of retaining the firm's security work in Iraq after a deadly shooting episode in 2007, according to current and former government officials. (read the article>)
The Justice Department is investigating whether officials of Blackwater Worldwide tried to bribe Iraqi government officials in hopes of retaining the firm's security work in Iraq after a deadly shooting episode in 2007, according to current and former government officials. (read the article>)
Charged Contractors Had Checkered Military Pasts
AP:
A pair of former Blackwater contractors charged with murdering two people in Afghanistan had checkered pasts with the military before getting hired to work overseas, according to service records disclosed in recent U.S. court hearings. (read the article>)
Overseer Begins Probe Into AIG's Payouts to Counterparties
Marketwatch:
A special investigator is examining allegations that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York improperly limited disclosures about the government's $182 billion rescue of American International Group Inc. (read the article>)
Report Says Al Qaeda Still Aims To Use Weapons Of Mass Destruction Against U.S.
The Washington Post:
When al Qaeda's No. 2 leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, called off a planned chemical attack on New York's subway system in 2003, he offered a chilling explanation: The plot to unleash poison gas on New Yorkers was being dropped for "something better," Zawahiri said in a message intercepted by U.S. eavesdroppers.
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FBI Sting Nets 22 Executives In Bribery Probe
Financial Times:
Agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation have arrested 22 executives, three of whom are British, in a sting operation, which prosecutors say exposed attempts to bribe an African minister of defence. (read the article>)
Agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation have arrested 22 executives, three of whom are British, in a sting operation, which prosecutors say exposed attempts to bribe an African minister of defence. (read the article>)
