Wednesday, June 9, 2010

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Terror Concern Brings Crack Down on Prepaid Cell Phones



Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:36 PM PDT


News 8 in Austin reports that hoping to curb the use of hard-to-track prepaid cell phones by terror suspects, Texas Sen. John Cornyn and New York Sen. Chuck Schumer have cosponsored legislation requiring consumers to produce identification before buying such phones.
That’s rattled some civil liberties groups, who say the bill may threaten privacy rights.
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Border Patrol Asks People To Text Message Suspicious Activity



Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:26 PM PDT


The U.S. Border Patrol is asking residents along a section of the U.S.-Canada border to send anonymous text messages to report any suspicious people they come across.
The pilot program announced Tuesday is for the border area that runs from the Cascade Range in Washington to the Continental Divide in Montana. It allows residents, campers, hunters [...]

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Airport Terror Arrest Was No Coincidence



Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:16 PM PDT


Call it a not-too-subtle message from the FBI to alleged terrorists: Even if you get to the airport, we will arrest you.
For the second time since the beginning of May, law-enforcement officials have made a terror-related arrest at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Last weekend, federal authorities put the cuffs on two US citizens, [...]

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FBI Uses Terror-Probe Tactics on Financial Fraud



Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:09 PM PDT


Federal Bureau of Investigation officials in New York are increasingly employing tools and techniques used to hunt terrorists to take aim at a different kind of criminal: white-collar con artists and inside traders.
At a time when the public has grown suspicious of Wall Street and lost confidence in the government’s ability to police it, investigators [...]

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FBI Probes Fatal Shooting of Teen In Mexican Border Incident



Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:06 PM PDT


The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday it was probing a shooting by a U.S. border agent that witnesses said killed a 15-year-old Mexican high school student on the Mexican side of the border.
Sergio Adrian Hernández was killed Monday evening on a bridge in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, across the river from El Paso, Texas, family [...]

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Muslim Group Wants Hate Crimes Investigation in Jacksonville



Posted: 08 Jun 2010 10:59 PM PDT


The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for an FBI hate crime investigation after an envelope of what turned out to be harmless powder was mailed to Muslim teacher Yusha Evans’ apartment Monday in Jacksonville.
But that’s not the only reason the Washington-based group wants the investigation.
The tainted envelope follows the May 10 firebomb attack [...]

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Suspected Grenade Turns Out To Be Decorative Egg



Posted: 08 Jun 2010 10:26 AM PDT


UPDATE:Hundreds of workers were evacuated Tuesday from a downtown federal building that houses Internal Revenue Service offices after a shipment of decorative crystal eggs was mistaken for a possible hand grenade.
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CBS News reports a federal building in downtown Atlanta was evacuated Tuesday after police received a report of the discovery of a grenade inside the [...]

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