Thwarted DHS Probes Alleged
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Government lawyers have hampered investigations into suspected waste and fraud at the Department of Homeland Security, officials told a House subcommittee yesterday.
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The White House on Thursday pushed back against congressional investigations of administration activities, saying lawmakers should spend more time passing laws to solve domestic problems.
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WASHINGTON -- Four enforcement officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission rejected allegations by a former agency attorney of political interference in an insider-trading investigation of Wall Street executive John Mack and a major hedge fund.
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The watchdog group that first provided the FBI with suspicious e-mails from then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) said yesterday that FBI and Justice Department officials are  attempting to cover up their inaction in the case by making false claims about the group.
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Police were investigating reports on Tuesday of suspicious packages at three locations in the U.S. capital, including one near the White House that was later determined to be harmless, officials said.
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By AP Wire Services  SAN JOSE, Calif.  -- Congress and federal investigators on Monday entered the fray surrounding Hewlett-Packard Co.'s possibly illegal probe of media leaks, as the company's board met to discuss the fate of its embattled chairwoman.    With the FBI, the U.S.
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PLANS by al-Qaeda terrorists to crash aircraft into Canary Wharf and at Heathrow have been thwarted by the security services, it was claimed last night.
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Russia's domestic security service said  on Friday it had foiled several attempts by foreign spies to  obtain technology for weapons of mass destruction, RIA news  agency reported.
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Federal authorities arrested a construction company's president and several employees Friday on allegations they hired illegal workers and used lookouts to avoid immigration agents.
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FBI counterintelligence investigators have recently questioned U.S. officials about whether classified information was passed to an Iraqi politician or a U.S. lobbying group allied with Israel.
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Officials said State Department investigators lacked the authority to offer the deals and that they could complicate efforts to prosecute the firmâs employees.
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Government lawyers have hampered investigations into waste and fraud at the Homeland Security Department, officials told Congress on Tuesday.
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The pilot programs ignored privacy safeguards, says a recent Homeland Security report.
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WASHINGTON - While the Justice Department has walked away in embarrassment from a major terror conviction in Detroit, the top FBI official there is insisting his agency likely thwarted a terrorist attack by arresting the four men who were prosecuted.   "You should be proud of the excellent investigative work conducted by the JTTF (Joint Terrorism Task Force) in Detroit, and everyone should recognize that their efforts may have prevented another attack," Special Agent in Charge Daniel Roberts wrote last week in an e-mail to his entire office...
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WASHINGTON  The Justice Department yesterday unsealed an indictment accusing a senior Hamas leader and two others of a 15-year racketeering conspiracy that raised millions of dollars for the militant group, which is ...
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Federal and local police across the country &amp;#151; as well as some of the nation&#039;s best-known companies &amp;#151; have been gathering Americans&#039; phone records from private data brokers without subpoenas or warrants.
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The U.S. government lost a bid on  Monday to block civil rights groups from obtaining CIA records  of its internal investigation into abuse of detainees held by  U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.