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...Russians--followed by unexplained payments to various Nicholson accounts. And in June there was his cloak-and-dagger passage through Singapore, this time under the eyes of a special team of U.S. agents, trained to track a seasoned operative, who photographed it all. According to an FBI affidavit that details some of the evidence against him, one morning Nicholson left his $300-a-night room at the Shangri-La Hotel and scuttled through the nearby streets for four hours on what any rookie spy would call a "surveillance-detection run." Along the way he backtracked, studied passing faces closely...
...with him toward a taxi stand, where they were met by a car with the diplomatic plates of the Russian embassy, all in full view of his FBI tail. After Nicholson threw a camera bag into the trunk and got into the back seat, the car drove away. The affidavit notes drily: "This meeting with Russian nationals was not authorized...
Three eyewitnesses have provided Payne's current lawyer, Paul Khoury, with sworn statements that they saw the murder committed by Robert Smith. Indeed, Smith himself, who became the main state's witness against Payne, later signed a 16-page affidavit stating that he framed Payne because prison officials offered to shave 15 years off his sentence. Thus armed, Khoury marched into a 1991 hearing to reopen his client's case--and was rudely rebuffed. First, Smith recanted his recantation, claiming coercion. Then the judge--who had presided over the original trial--refused to admit Smith's sworn affidavit, ruling that...
...suspect. But simply dropping him from the suspect list is not enough for Jewell and his lawyer, who are looking for a formal, public admission that he is no longer a suspect in the bombing. Currently before U.S. District Judge Owen Forrester is a motion to unseal the FBI affidavit used to obtain the search warrants used for Jewell's dwellings. Lin Wood, Jewell's lawyer, says the document will show that the FBI had no cause to investigate his client. The FBI is seeking to keep the paperwork private, citing concerns that releasing the affidavit would compromise its ongoing...
State officials reopened the investigation last April, after receiving an anonymous complaint. According to the arrest affidavit, once her mother was informed of the inquiry, Jennifer's condition improved dramatically. In the preceding nine months she had been hospitalized seven times for a total of 83 days. In the nine months afterward she was admitted just once for four days...