Investigations

Just hours after the Senate Ethics Committee appointed a special counsel to lead the investigation into his affair with a former staffer, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) said Tuesday his reelection campaign was ramping up its fundraising efforts. Ensign downplayed the panel's appointment and said his ...

Published: 02/1/11

Pennsylvania Woman, 'Jihad Jane,' Pleads Guilty in Terror Plot

By Politics Daily Staff

A Pennsylvania woman who called herself "Jihad Jane" pleaded guilty Tuesday in connection with a bizarre plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had offended some Muslims with a comic depiction of the Prophet Muhammad. Colleen LaRose (her real name) told a federal court in Philadelphia she was ...

Published: 01/31/11

Investigation Finds Thousands of Alleged Intelligence Violations by the FBI

In the years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the FBI may have committed tens of thousands of intelligence violations, according to an investigation by a privacy watchdog that found "alarming trends in the Bureau's intelligence investigation practices." The San Francisco-based Electronic ...

Published: 01/31/11

Bloomberg's New York Investigators Allege Illegal Sales at Arizona Gun Show

Undercover investigators from New York City say they observed gun dealers at a gun show in Arizona who sold semi-automatic weapons to buyers who said they probably could not pass a background check. The sting was ordered by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the days after the Jan. 8 shooting ...

Published: 01/27/11

Financial Crisis Report Spreads Blame Far and Wide for Meltdown

By Tom Kavanagh

There's plenty of blame to spread around -- and the financial crisis was avoidable. In a nutshell, that's the conclusion of a report released Thursday by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, a congressionally appointed body that explored reasons for the 2007-08 meltdown that led to the worst ...

Published: 01/25/11

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Depicted in Nazi Uniform by Spanish-Language Newspaper

By Tom Diemer

Here we go again with the Nazi stuff. A Spanish-language newspaper in Atlanta, El Nuevo, has published a doctored photo of new governor Nathan Deal in a brown Nazi uniform complete with a fake Hitler mustache. El Nuevo Georgia said its complaint with the Republican governor has to do with strong ...

Published: 01/17/11

Peace Corps Turns 50 Amid Charges of Rape, Murder and Cover-Up

By Donna Trussell

On the night of March 11, 2009, a 24-year-old Peace Corps volunteer named Kate Puzey was tied up and knifed on the front porch of her house in West Africa. Her throat was cut. She was killed the way you would slaughter a goat, Puzey's cousin told ABC's "20/20" in a Jan. 15 broadcast. Kate Puzey was ...

Published: 01/14/11

Wife of Massachusetts Rep. John Tierney Gets Prison Time on Tax Charges

The wife of Massachusetts Rep. John Tierney has been sentenced to 30 days behind bars for helping to conceal income for her brother, a fugitive indicted for his role in an alleged illegal offshore gambling business. Patrice Tierney's punishment, ordered by a federal judge Thursday, was a surprise ...

Published: 01/13/11

Ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards Freed After Eight Years Behind Bars

By Politics Daily Staff

Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, now 83 and wearing a white ball cap and sweatshirt, walked out of Oakdale Federal Penitentiary Thursday after serving eight years on a corruption conviction. Edwards reported to a halfway house, but will eventually be permitted to serve the remainder of his ...

Published: 01/12/11

Suspect Arrested in Threats Against Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington State

Authorities have arrested and charged a California man suspected of threatening to kill Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington last month. Charles Turner Habermann of Palm Springs was charged in federal court Wednesday on allegations that he made threatening phone calls to the Democrat's office, the ...