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During the reprieve in New Orleans, the FBI and the N.O.P.D. had the same thought. In December, about 20 local, state and federal law-enforcement leaders from New Orleans met in Quantico, Va., to plan for a post-Katrina criminal ecosystem. In hopes of staying ahead of the returning criminals, they started setting up a website to share pictures and information about gangs. They agreed to try to hit serious criminals with federal charges, thus bypassing the revolving doors of the local court system. And they promised to share what they knew...
...northwest Paris. British Marketer OMD found that after the '02 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, more British consumers thought Nike was the official sponsor than thought Adidas was. "You've got to admire Nike," says Bliss, now president of Javelin Group, a sports-marketing firm in Alexandria, Va. "They're very creative, and they know what works...
...revelations almost every day about questionable conduct among the President's staff and appointees. Let's hope they never again have the guts to lecture us on patriotism, integrity or family values. At a time when the world needs leaders, that crowd has disgraced public service. MARGARET RAY Pearisburg, Va...
Even as federal officers Friday searched the Vienna, Va., residence of Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, the widening investigation into the outgoing number three at the Central Intelligence Agency has veered far from home. The ongoing inquiry, a law enforcement official and other sources tell TIME, has also reached into the CIA offices abroad. FBI agents have visited Germany, where Foggo was stationed in Frankfurt before outgoing CIA Director Porter Goss promoted him to be executive director. CIA veterans said the focus of the probe there would likely be "FranSupt," the CIA's logistics office in Frankfurt, Germany, that Foggo ran before...
...number three official at the Central Intelligence Agency, who announced this week he is stepping down as his boss Director Porter Goss leaves later this month, cleared defense contractor Brent Wilkes in for at least one visit to CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., within the last 12 months, sources tell TIME.The visit occurred before Wilkes was cited - though not charged - in ex-congressman Randy ?Duke? Cunningham?s November guilty plea as an unindicted co-conspirator who provided over $600,000 of the $2.4 million in bribes that Cunningham admitted accepting from defense contractors. (Though Wilkes is not named...