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February 19, 2008, ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today announced that Louis Freeh, former FBI Director and Delaware Co-Chair for Rudy Giuliani, has endorsed John McCain for president.    » read more »

February 12, 2008 -- If you unexpectedly receive a Valentine’s Day e-card, be careful. It may not be from a secret admirer, but instead might contain the Storm Worm virus.    » read more »

February 12, 2008 -- The FBI announced today it has awarded Lockheed Martin Transportation and Security Solutions the contract for the design, development, documentation, integration, testing, and deployment of the Next Generation Identification (NGI) System. The contract will consist of a base year and the potential for up to nine option years.    » read more »

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tai Shen Kuo, age 58, and Yu Xin Kang, age 33, both of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Gregg William Bergersen, age 51, of Alexandria, Virginia, were arrested today on espionage charges related to the passage of classified U.S. government documents and information to the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).    » read more »

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former Boeing engineer was arrested this morning after being indicted last week on charges of economic espionage and acting as an unregistered foreign agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), for whom the engineer stole Boeing trade secrets related to several aerospace programs, including the Space Shuttle.    » read more »

February 11, 2008 -- The National Security Higher Education Advisory Board (NSHEAB), comprised of 20 university presidents and chancellors, met on February 5, 2008 at FBI Headquarters. The NSHEAB, which was created in 2005 by FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III, meets regularly to discuss national security matters that intersect with higher education. Chaired by Graham Spanier, president of The Pennsylvania State University, the NSHEAB provides a forum for open, direct dialogue between the FBI, other government agencies, and higher education.    » read more »

1/30/2008 -- "For a long time families and community groups have been saying that the subprime mortgage industry was rife with abuses. A federal investigation of industry practices is long overdue.

Last year, I introduced the Home Ownership Preservation Act to curb industry abuses by registering mortgage brokers, eliminating certain lending practices, and providing $100 million in assistance to states to investigate and prosecute mortgage-related fraud.

But we must not only end the abusive practices, we must end the foreclosure crisis itself.    » read more »

December 18, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy sent the following letter to Robert S. Mueller III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, regarding the destruction by the CIA of videotapes of the interrogation of two detainees.

Senator Kennedy requests notification as to whether or not the FBI has retained such videotapes or transcripts, and if so, that they be preserved and make available for inspection.

The text of the letter is below.

December 18, 2007

Robert S. Mueller III

Director    » read more »

Bipartisan Measure Included in Omnibus Appropriations Bill

December 17, 2007 -- Washington, DC – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced that the Omnibus Appropriations bill includes a bipartisan amendment she authored to stop the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to downsize the Federal Protective Service.    » read more »

November 19, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy released the following statement in response to the 2006 hate crimes statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.    » read more »

Bonds' indictment also includes charge of obstruction of justice

Nov. 9, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – Four members of the same family, who owned and operated a series of Miami Durable Medicare Equipment companies and Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities have each been sentenced to 57 months in prison for Medicare fraud, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced today.    » read more »

November 8, 2007 -- The FBI today announced the return of two 15th century maps that were stolen from the Spanish National Library in Madrid, Spain, earlier this year. The FBI assisted in the recovery of the maps at the request of the Spanish National Police and Civil Guard. The two maps, from an edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, were recovered by a special agent assigned to the New York FBI's major theft squad and the FBI's Art Crime Team. Director Robert S.    » read more »

30 October 2007 -- U.S. officials say a State Department promise of immunity to Blackwater USA guards may have compromised the probe into last month's shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi citizens.

Blackwater guards are accused of deliberately killing the civilians in Baghdad on September 16. The security firm says the Iraqis were killed when guards responded lawfully to an attack on a U.S. diplomatic convoy.

FBI investigators say the investigation has been hampered because the State Department gave guards immunity for statements, although the State Department had no authority to do so.    » read more »

October 16, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – The Senate has approved an amendment by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., to improve oversight of the FBI National Name Check Program, which faces a substantial backlog. The program is used to run background checks on people applying for immigration benefits or seeking employment with the U.S. government, among many other purposes.    » read more »