Crime

Is Congress Guilty of the Largest Insider-Trading Scheme Ever?

The U.S. attorney who busted a stock trader in the "most lucrative insider-trading scheme ever charged" might do well to investigate the Halls...

Bob Adelmann November 21, 2012

Florida Man Tasered by Police While Fighting House Fire

Michael Tennant November 19, 2012

On November 8 around 6:00 p.m., a Florida man was tasered by police while trying to protect his house from a fire in...

Feds Let Mexican Cartel Hit Men Kill in U.S., Senior Lawman Told Stratfor

Alex Newman October 31, 2012

The U.S. government allowed Mexican drug cartel hit men working as “confidential informants” for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to murder people inside...

Latest Fast and Furious Report Incriminates DOJ

Raven Clabough October 30, 2012

The controversial Fast and Furious gun-walking operation has prompted members of Congress to take a closer look at the Department of Justice. An...

Kennedy Cousin Denied Parole

R. Cort Kirkwood October 29, 2012

Connecticut’s state Board of Prisons and Paroles denied parole last week to Michael Skakel, the Kennedy cousin who murdered young Martha Moxley in...

Russell Means Dead at 72

John F. McManus October 23, 2012

One of the earliest members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) after it was founded in 1969, Russell Means died of natural causes...

FBI Celebrates Foiling Its Own Terror Plot, Again

Alex Newman October 18, 2012

Federal agents convinced a naïve, violence-inclined 21-year-old Bangladeshi that he was a member of “al Qaeda,” giving the dupe fake bombs to blow...

Texas CPS Under Investigation After Child’s Death

Raven Clabough October 17, 2012

The Texas Child Protective Services is under investigation for accusations that officials at the organization directed workers to withhold child abuse files and...

AG Holder Demands U.S. Court Allow Fast and Furious Coverup

Alex Newman October 17, 2012

As lawmakers seek to use federal courts to force disgraced Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department to hand over documents on...

Illinois County Official Proposes “Violence Tax” on Guns and Ammo

Brian Koenig October 10, 2012

Branded as the “violence tax,” Cook County officials in Illinois are proposing a tax increase on guns and ammo, with the intent to...

Stratfor Sources: U.S. Troops in Mexico as Feds Aid Cartels

Alex Newman October 5, 2012

U.S. federal authorities have been quietly supporting certain Mexican criminal empires, especially the Sinaloa drug cartel, in a bid to solidify the syndicates’...

DHS Fusion Centers Spend Much, Learn Little, Mislead a Lot

Jack Kenny October 3, 2012

A network of 77 "fusion" intelligence centers, set up around the country under the auspices of the federal Department of Homeland Security, has...

Fast and Furious Massacres Spark Fresh Pressure on AG Holder to Resign

Alex Newman October 2, 2012

A new wave of pressure is mounting on disgraced Attorney General Eric Holder to resign after an in-depth investigation by Univision, a Spanish-language...