FBI probe targets Islamic extremists in US Army

ShareThis FBI probe targets Islamic extremists in US Army 26 Jun 2012 The FBI is investigating more than 100 suspected Islamic extremists in the US military, following the 2009 “lone wolf” attack by an alleged Al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] sympathizer that killed 13 people at a Texas army base, a news report said. About a dozen of [...]

Obama asserts executive privilege in Holder case

ShareThis Obama asserts executive privilege in Holder case 20 Jun 2012 President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege Wednesday to withhold documents on a ‘gun-smuggling’ probe, sharpening a battle between the White House and Congress over efforts to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt. The claim of executive privilege, announced in a letter from Holder’s [...]

Pentagon Expands Personnel Probe in Colombia

ShareThis Pentagon Expands Personnel Probe in Colombia 16 Apr 2012 The Pentagon is investigating the involvement of U.S. military personnel in misconduct involving prostitution in Colombia before President Barack Obama arrived for a summit, an incident that the top armed forces commander said left the service “embarrassed.” The scandal, which prompted the recall of 11 [...]

Police probe possible racial motive in Tulsa killings

ShareThis Police probe possible racial motive in Tulsa killings –Tulsa police arrested 2 early Sunday 08 Apr 2012 Police are investigating whether the shootings of five African-Americans in Tulsa, Oklahoma, were a hate crime after the weekend arrests of two white suspects in the case, local authorities said Sunday. Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, [...]

U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and FDLE to probe Trayvon Martin killing

ShareThis U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and FDLE to probe Trayvon Martin killing –Mounting pressure in Trayvon Martin case succeeds in prompting a federal probe 19 Mar 2012 The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the FBI will investigate the killing of Miami Gardens teenager Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer, the [...]

17 Guard Company Leaders Removed in Abuse Probe

ShareThis 17 Guard Company Leaders Removed in Abuse Probe 24 Feb 2012 More than a dozen leaders from a National Guard company deployed on a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo have been removed from the unit following an Army investigation into allegations about harsh tactics used to initiate junior troops, the commander of U.S. Army Europe [...]

Criminal probe trail going cold at MF Global

By Grant McCool and Nick Brown, YahooNews.com When commodities brokerage MF Global imploded, the FBI and federal prosecutors were quick to launch an investigation to pursue what seemed obvious to outspoken regulators and lawmakers: laws were broken and crimes were committed. More than three months later, it is far from clear that anyone will face [...]

CIA to pull officer from NYPD after internal probe

ShareThis CIA to pull officer from NYPD after internal probe 26 Jan 2012 A CIA operative’s unusual [and illegal] assignment inside the New York Police Department is being cut short after an internal investigation that criticized how the agency established its unprecedented collaboration with city police, The Associated Press has learned. In its investigation, the [...]

Report: French judge wants to probe Guantanamo torture claims

ShareThis Report: French judge wants to probe Guantánamo torture claims 17 Jan 2012 A French judge is seeking U.S. permission to visit the prison camps at Guantánamo Bay to investigate claims by former French inmates that they were tortured, the Associated Press reported from Paris on Tuesday. The AP reported that it saw a formal [...]

Spanish judge reopens Guantanamo torture probe

ShareThis Spanish judge reopens Guantanamo torture probe 13 Jan 2012 A Spanish judge on Friday re-launched an investigation into the alleged torture of prisoners held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, one day after a British authorities launched a probe into CIA renditions to Libya. The twin developments demonstrated that while the [...]