Word: crimeeds
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...convict a spy, you need to prove that a crime was actually committed, and then prove that it was committed by the accused. That?s why former Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee is unlikely to be charged with espionage, despite achieving national notoriety in the spring following reports that China had stolen U.S. nuclear secrets. If he is charged it will be on the not-exactly-treacherous charge of gross negligence in handling classified information ? all too common among Lee?s colleagues and other government officials ?- although Lee?s lawyers are meeting with Justice Department officials Tuesday to make...
...desk would be worth $10,000," says Michael Cherkasky, then the chief of the investigative-units division. "You would be in the elevator with John and have police officers ask him for his autograph." John worked on small cases at first--embezzlement, low-level corruption--before moving on: organized crime and racketeering, and eventually the street-crime trial division. He was an assiduous worker. "He was different, obviously--he lived in a different world that we didn't understand," Cherkasky says. "But his ability to be upbeat and prompt, to never ask for anything special or expect...
Baltimore mayoral candidate DOROTHY JOYNER voiced her crime-fighting views on local...
Spetsnaz soldiers also hire themselves out to the underworld in less dramatic ways, Alexei says. "Say a crime boss is planning a confrontation with a rival," he explains. "He phones his Spetsnaz contact and asks for four or five guys. They take time off from their units and stand behind the boss, fully armed, while he talks to his rival. The other side sees they are serious kids and is impressed." For a couple of hours' work, they make $200 each, Alexei says. If there is any shooting, their fee goes up to $500. This is more than a year...
GOOD NEWS FOR KIDS The health of America's children is improving. Death rates are down for infants, adolescents and other children, according to a study released last week by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. Teen smoking is down, as are teen crime and births to minors. However, despite a decade of prosperity, a fifth of U.S. children live in poverty--the same proportion...