Friday, July 25, 2008

FBI

Fake Refund Scam Reported

Phony E-mails offer compensation to Internet fraud victims. more >>

Report Details Interrogation Techniques

Extreme tactics used on prisoners at Guantánamo and elsewhere. more >>

Warning: Chinese Earthquake Scam Reported

Fraudsters often prey on the sympathy of individuals in the aftermath of tragedies. more >>

Justice Dept. Inspector General Claims CIA Hampered Its Investigation

Report says the agency blocked access to senior al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah. more >>

How Communists Operate: An Interview with J. Edgar Hoover

Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. more >>

Warning: Stimulus Check Scam Reported

FBI tells consumers to beware of phony E-mails from the IRS. more >>

Why Seniors Are Targeted

FBI outlines reasons that scammers focus on the elderly. more >>

The FBI Steps Up Efforts to Fix Terrorist Watchlist Errors

The FBI is promising new efforts by its Terrorist Screening Center to cut down on problems with the terrorist watch list. more >>

Trying the 9/11 Suspects

The cases against suspected terrorists are the biggest test yet for a controversial system. more >>

Report Due on FBI Treatment of Military Detainees

The Justice Department's inspector general is expected to release a report soon detailing whether FBI employees participated in any abuse of detainees at military prisons in Guantánamo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan, according to a report released by the division today. more >>

A Sign of Hope for the Housing Market

Beazer Homes abandons mortgage lending. more >>

FBI Confidential Payments Under Fire

FBI payments to confidential sources came under harsh attack today by the Department of Justice inspector general. more >>

The Weapon of Choice for School Violence

When it comes to school crime, it's not guns, it's knives. more >>

Hints at Why We've Avoided Attack

Americans aren't the only ones frustrated by the lack of news on terrorism attacks thwarted by Uncle Sam. The FBI feels it too--yet realizes it can't brag on all its success. more >>

Friendship Thicker Than Politics

Here's one trick on how to judge the closeness of official Washington friendships. When a former official blasts his former bosses in a memoir, his friends in that administration are barely mentioned. more >>

A G-Man's Version of Oprah's List

He's no Oprah. But FBI Director and avid reader Robert Mueller has started a new bureau reading list to help his G-men broaden their horizons. more >>

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