Investigative Round-Up

July 3, 2009 7:56 AM

Guantanamo Detainee Seeks 'Black Sites' Access

AP:
Lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee charged with terrorism crimes have asked the U.S. government to preserve overseas locations where he was subjected to "physical and psychological ill-treatment" at secret CIA prisons known as "black sites" until they can inspect them.
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Tags:: Guantanamo ,; detainee ,; seeks ,; Black ,; Sites ,; access

Topics:: Terrorism

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July 3, 2009 7:32 AM

Billions Stolen In Online Robbery

Posted by CBS News Investigates

BBC News:
Space trading game Eve Online has suffered a virtual version of the credit crunch.
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Tags:: Billions ,; Stolen ,; Online ,; Robbery

Topics:: Crime

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July 3, 2009 7:22 AM

Highway Conditions Contribute To Over Half of Fatal Auto Crashes

Posted by CBS News Investigates

Washington Post:
If it is your fate to die in an auto accident this holiday weekend, the odds are you'll hit an ill-positioned bridge, tree or pole, or encounter some other highway hazard, according to a study commissioned by an industry group that advocates for boosting spending on road construction.
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Tags:: Highway ,; Conditions ,; Contribute ,; Over ,; Half ,; Fatal ,; Auto ,; Crashes

Topics:: U.S. Domestic

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July 2, 2009 8:20 AM

Southern Company Dominates the Climate Lobbying Scene

Posted by CBS News Investigates

Center For Public Integrity:
Southern Company, the nation’s largest electric power generator, also had the largest force of lobbyists among the hundreds of businesses and interest groups that were seeking to influence the landmark climate change legislation that just passed the House.
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Tags:: Southern ,; Company ,; Dominates ,; Climate ,; Lobbying ,; Scene

Topics:: U.S. Domestic

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July 2, 2009 7:25 AM

Metro Failed to Detect Hazard

Posted by CBS News Investigates

Washington Post:
Five days before last week's deadly Red Line accident, a Metro crew replaced a key piece of equipment designed to prevent crashes, but the circuitry malfunctioned and no one at Metro detected the problem, investigators and transit officials said yesterday.
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Tags:: Metro ,; Failed ,; Detect ,; Hazard

Topics:: U.S. Domestic

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July 2, 2009 7:15 AM

N. Korea Test-Fires 4 Short-Range Missiles

Posted by CBS News Investigates

CBS/AP:
North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles Thursday, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
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Tags:: N. Korea ,; Test ,; Fires ,; 4 ,; Short ,; Range ,; Missiles

Topics:: Nuclear Proliferation

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July 2, 2009 7:06 AM

Taliban Seize U.S. Soldier in Afghanistan

Posted by CBS News Investigates

CBS:
A Taliban commander told CBS News' Sami Yousafzai Thursday that militants had captured one U.S. soldier and three Afghan nationals in Paktika province, near the Pakistani border.
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Tags:: Taliban ,; Seize ,; U.S. ,; Soldier ,; Afghanistan

Topics:: Afghanistan

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July 2, 2009 7:02 AM

Israel 'Spy Scandal' Figure Larry Franklin Breaks Silence

Posted by CBS News Investigates

Congressional Quarterly:
He insist he did it for his country, to head off a disastrous U.S. invasion of Iraq.

But instead, Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin found himself charged with giving classified information to suspected agents of Israel. In 2006 he was sentenced to almost 13 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, later reduced to probation and 10 months house arrest for cooperating with the feds.
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Tags:: Israel ,; Spy ,; Scandal ,; Figure ,; Larry ,; Franklin ,; Breaks ,; Silence

Topics:: Espionage

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July 1, 2009 7:19 AM

Prescription Drug Overdose Deaths Soar In Florida

Posted by CBS News Investigates

Miami Herald:
Florida continues to see a rapid rise in fatal overdoses caused by prescription-drug abuse -- a trend fueled by a cottage industry of cash-only pain clinics -- while deaths from illegal drugs wane, according to a report from the state's medical examiners released Tuesday.
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Tags:: Prescription ,; Drug ,; Overdose ,; Deaths ,; Soar ,; Florida

Topics:: Medical

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July 1, 2009 7:11 AM

Old Law Makes Sanford's Affair Criminal

Posted by CBS News Investigates

AP:
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's admitted extramarital affair with a woman in Argentina could cost him his job. It could cost him his marriage.
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Tags:: Old ,; Law ,; Makes ,; Sanford ,; Affair ,; Criminal

Topics:: Political Corruption

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All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up

Guantanamo Detainee Seeks 'Black Sites' Access

Billions Stolen In Online Robbery

Highway Conditions Contribute To Over Half of Fatal Auto Crashes

Southern Company Dominates the Climate Lobbying Scene

Metro Failed to Detect Hazard

N. Korea Test-Fires 4 Short-Range Missiles

Taliban Seize U.S. Soldier in Afghanistan

Israel 'Spy Scandal' Figure Larry Franklin Breaks Silence

Prescription Drug Overdose Deaths Soar In Florida

Old Law Makes Sanford's Affair Criminal

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