Archive for the ‘crime’ Category

A disappearance, stolen identities and a trail of clues

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

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Proof once again that no one and anyone can get into an Ivy League college.

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Videotape Offers a Window Into a Terror Suspect’s Isolation

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

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“Lawyers for Mr. Padilla, 36, suggest that he is unfit to stand trial. They argue that he has been so damaged by his interrogations and prolonged isolation that he suffers post-traumatic stress disorder and is unable to assist in his own defense.”

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Russian Ex-Spy Lived in a World of Deceptions

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

Still no clue what really happened here, but the separate pieces sure are interesting.

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FBI joins investigation of poisoned spy

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

This story is now officially stranger than fiction.

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ATM System Called Unsafe

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

MSNBC.com lays out the vulnerability in some detail. The banking industry says it’s a theoretical hack that no one yet has tried.

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Guns drawn, police stop man for stealing his own car

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

Seven cop cars, their occupants on the street in defensive positions, guns drawn and aimed at a little black hatch-back. The driver, a white guy with a black hat and a goatee, was already handcuffed and getting frisked.

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Radiation Poisoning Killed Ex-Russian Spy

Friday, November 24th, 2006

His name was Litvinenko, Alexander Litvinenko. And before he died he blamed Putin.

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