http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/ en Copyright © 2007 U.S.News & World Report, L.P. All rights reserved. Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/images/rss/logo_rss.gif http://www.usnews.com 144 36 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/070131/criminal_shoes_tire_transmitte.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 We've got more odds and ends on the blog today:... Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/070129/attack_of_the_drones.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 Call them UAVs, drones, remote-controlled aircraft, or robotic air vehicles–it's clear that this new generation of weaponry increasingly is playing... Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/070125/bad_guys_of_the_week_a_southof.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 Is Mexico getting serious about cracking down on its out-of-control drug trade? Its new president, Felipe Calderón, may be the... Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:20:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/070123/mailbag_cannabis_cancer_and_ba.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 Our posting of marijuana munchies seized by the DEA generated lots of mail, much of it critical. Many first-time readers... Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:02:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/070118/pot_dealers_peddle_sugar_high.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 More marijuana-laced food products are showing up in underground markets. This week, the Drug Enforcement Administration raided marijuana distribution centers... Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:30:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/070116/bad_guy_of_the_week_taliban_co.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 Brutal even by Afghan standards, this bearded fellow is Mullah Dadullah, one of the top Taliban commanders in Afghanistan. The... Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/070112/fbi_investigating_8000_for_ter.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 He wouldn't say it directly, but this week FBI Director Robert Mueller in effect told Congress the bureau has 8,000... Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:25:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/070110/bad_guy_of_the_week_fazul_abdu.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 Short and slight of build, with a knack for computing as well as bomb making, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed ranks high... Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/070108/elmo_puppy_dogs_and_other_drug.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 What do Elmo the Muppet and cute, cuddly puppy dogs have in common? They were both caught smuggling dope in... Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/070105/islamist_insurgency_hits_thail.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 Add Thailand to the list of Islamist insurgencies spinning out of control.... Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/070103/bad_guy_of_the_week_semion_mog.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 In a landmark story back in 1998, my late colleague Robert I. Friedman, a great crime reporter, wrote of a... Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/061228/best_blogs_of_06.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 The best investigative reporting, jihadist videos, corruption in sports–these are some of the Bad Guys blog's favorite links in '06.... Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:15:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/061220/bad_guy_of_the_week_mahmoud_ah.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 It's easy to demonize Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. What other head of state in the 21st century would call together... Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/061215/meth_the_sex_trade_and_al_qaed.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 It's odds and ends on the Bad Guys blog today: a meth lab locator, Iraq sex trafficking , and al... Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/061212/bad_guy_of_the_week_augusto_pi.htm?s_cid=rss:site1 Dictators come and go, but good riddance to this thug. Though championed by some on the right for his free-market... Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:00:00 -0500