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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Early anthrax hunches revealed in documents
National |
November 26, 2008
Investigative documents unsealed Tuesday revealed provocative details behind early suspicions that led the FBI to target the wrong man in the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people. Read more
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Senators question FBI’s handling of anthrax probe
National |
September 18, 2008
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday vigorously challenged FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III for the bureau’s handling of the anthrax mailings investigation, signaling that they were not convinced the case had been solved. Read more
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Revised rules would expand FBI freedoms
National |
September 13, 2008
The Justice Department is finalizing rules that would allow FBI agents to solicit informants and use other new techniques to bolster the agency’s intelligence-gathering operation in the United States, officials said Friday. Read more
U.S. to remodel Federal Building
California | Local |
September 13, 2008
Seventeen months after dropping plans for a new FBI complex in Westwood in the face of strong opposition from residents and Los Angeles elected officials, the federal government confirmed this week that it has decided to renovate the existing Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard and use it primarily as an FBI field office. Read more
Monday, August 25, 2008
FBI saw threat of loan crisis
Business |
August 25, 2008
Long before the mortgage crisis began rocking Main Street and Wall Street, a top FBI official made a chilling, if little-noticed, prediction: The booming mortgage business, fueled by low interest rates and soaring home values, was starting to attract shady operators and billions in losses were possible. Read more
Friday, August 8, 2008
Inquiry sought into anthrax probe
National |
August 8, 2008
After seven long years, the FBI and the Justice Department say they are closing the books on the anthrax investigation. Read more
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Scientist: DNA led agents to anthrax suspect
National |
August 3, 2008
Federal investigators cinched their case against alleged anthrax mailer Bruce E. Ivins after sophisticated genetic tests by a California firm helped them trace a signature mixture of anthrax spores, the Los Angeles Times has learned. Read more
Sunday, July 20, 2008
The verdict is out on DNA profiles
California | Local |
July 20, 2008
State crime lab analyst Kathryn Troyer was running tests on Arizona’s DNA database when she stumbled across two felons with remarkably similar genetic profiles. Read more
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Leaks, focus on single suspect undercut anthrax probe
National |
June 29, 2008
The federal investigation into the deadly anthrax mailings of late 2001 was undermined by leaks and a premature fixation on a single suspect, according to investigators involved in the case. Read more
Sunday, May 4, 2008
When a match is far from a lock
California | Local |
May 4, 2008
Police found the naked body of Diana Sylvester near her Christmas tree. Read more
Monday, April 21, 2008
The FBI wants to be less mysterious about a mystery
National |
April 21, 2008
After a search that has lasted more than 36 years, all of the evidence in the case of the legendary outlaw known as D.B. Cooper fits easily into an inconspicuous box, carried comfortably under the arm of FBI agent Larry Carr. Read more
Friday, March 7, 2008
Criminal referrals by FBI plummet
National |
March 7, 2008
The FBI is submitting nearly 40% fewer criminal investigations to the Justice Department for prosecution than it did two decades ago, a study indicated Thursday. Read more
Friday, February 29, 2008
FBI looks into Clemens issue
Sports |
February 29, 2008
WASHINGTON – The FBI opened an investigation Thursday into whether Roger Clemens lied before Congress, the first step toward a possible perjury trial in which the government would face the burden of proving Clemens not only failed to tell the truth under oath but did so intentionally. Read more
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
FBI is pursuing 14 probes of lenders
Business |
January 30, 2008
The FBI is conducting 14 criminal investigations of mortgage lenders and the firms that turned their high-risk loans into complex securities that have left investors worldwide with huge losses, a top official at the federal agency said Tuesday. Read more
Friday, January 11, 2008
Unpaid bills by FBI tie knots in its wiretaps
National |
January 11, 2008
The FBI has hit a major hang-up in its wiretapping surveillance program: failing to pay its phone bills on time. Read more
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Hoover advised mass arrests
National |
December 23, 2007
Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had a plan in 1950 to suspend
the right to habeas corpus and imprison some 12,000 Americans he
suspected of disloyalty, according to a newly released document. Read more
Saturday, December 22, 2007
FBI is expanding digital ID database
National |
December 22, 2007
The FBI is embarking on a $1-billion effort to build the world’s
largest computer database of peoples’ physical characteristics, a
project that would give the government unprecedented abilities to
identify individuals in the United States and abroad. Read more
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
U.S. prosecutors, Pellicano’s lawyers spar over evidence
California | Local |
December 18, 2007
In their most contentious court hearing to date, federal
prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Anthony Pellicano
wiretapping case sparred Monday over whether the government’s conduct
in the long-running investigation should invalidate crucial evidence,
including a search warrant for the onetime private eye’s offices. Read more
Monday, December 17, 2007
Pellicano defense focusing on FBI agent
California | Local |
December 17, 2007
When the FBI first issued pagers to agents in Los Angeles, the
idea of being electronically tethered to the office didn’t sit well
with a bear-sized veteran named Stanley Ornellas. Read more
Friday, December 14, 2007
FBI probes inspector of Iraq rebuilding
National |
December 14, 2007
The FBI is investigating the special inspector general for Iraq
reconstruction, Justice Department officials said Thursday, following
allegations of misconduct from former employees. Read more
