All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up

AP:
A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime, The Associated Press has learned.
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Wall Street Journal:
Some executives at banks propped up by government aid have retained a coveted perk: personal use of the company jet.

Flight records show numerous occasions when banks receiving federal money have flown their planes to destinations near resorts or executives' vacation homes, including spots in Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean, south Florida and Aspen, Colo. In some cases, it's clear that bank executives were traveling for personal reasons; for other flights, many of which were over weekends or holidays, the passengers and purpose couldn't be established.
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Reuters:
U.S. banks that received money under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) are facing a probe over increases in rates and fees, the Wall Street Journal said. The Congressional Oversight Panel, the body named by Congress to oversee the federal bailout, is working on a report examining instances of potentially inappropriate lending by banks that got taxpayer capital, according to the paper.
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The London Times:
Senior London-based executives at American International Group (AIG) are among those understood to be holding out against returning their bonuses.

Andrew Cuomo, the New York attorney-general, is investigating whether AIG bonuses were paid fraudulently under New York law. His aides have confirmed to The Times that many, if not all, of those who have held on to their bonuses are based in London, where AIG’s financial products division has been held responsible for a large portion of the insurer’s spectacular losses.
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CBS/AP:
Wells Fargo & Co. is canceling a pricey Las Vegas casino junket for employees after a torrent of criticism that it was misusing $25 billion in taxpayer bailout money.
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Janeʼs:
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has recommended that the UK government consider reopening the investigation into the Al Yamamah contract with Saudi Arabia, depending on future developments.
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AGI:
A terrorist cell in the north of Lebanon involved in the attacks that recently hit Tripoli was wiped out thanks to the joint effort of the Lebanese Army and the Police. This information was published by the newspaper 'L'Orient Le Jour', according to which at least four men were arrested at night among which there was Alaa Mehrez, brother-in-law of the leader's group, Abdul Ghani Ali Yawhar, who managed to escape.
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The Times of London:
An alleged, top al Qaeda figure accused of masterminding one of the deadliest car bombings in Iraq and the videoed execution of a Russian diplomat, has been killed in a shoot out with coalition forces in Baghdad, the US military said today.
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New York Times:
Contractors tearing down the contaminated former Deutsche Bank building in Lower Manhattan never had a formal demolition permit, even though they were undertaking one of the most complicated efforts ever to dismantle a skyscraper.
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AP:
A former Marine sergeant facing the first federal civilian prosecution of a military member accused of a war crime says there is much more at stake than his claim of innocence on charges that he killed unarmed detainees in Fallujah, Iraq.
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