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...general idea behind it was that if you sift through enough public data, you can spot a terrorist, and McConnell was a strong backer of the program. But Booz Allen's contract was cancelled when civil libertarians objected to the government going though Americans' personal records without a warrant...
...Those charges were not serious enough to warrant their arrest, and the two are now back in Long Island, says their lawyer. The charges carry a maximum sentence of four years, and such relatively short sentences are often commuted. Even though the two could theoretically be called to give more evidence from the U.S. under the two countries' Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, their lawyer makes it clear they won't be returning to Brazil...
...latest scam involves crooks' calling and identifying themselves as court officials, advising that they have a warrant for your arrest for failure to report for jury duty. You must confirm your identity and book a date to serve as a juror soon or be dragged in. "Just like that, folks get talked out of their Social Security number," says Jay Foley, executive director of the Identity Theft Resource Center, which counsels victims...
...Walker describes it, his encounter with the celebrity cops left him more dazed than dazzled. Cameras started rolling as he was apprehended and arrested on a warrant and a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge. Walker was then asked to sign a release giving producers permission to show his face on air. When he complied, they handed him $150 in cash. "The only reason I took the money was the fear that they would show my face on TV anyway with or without my signing," says Walker, who is now out of jail and awaiting his day in court...
...denounced - in Washington, Pinochet wisely built a fortress of legal immunity around himself before stepping down. But it couldn't withstand the level of pent-up outrage at home and abroad. In the most bizarre case, British authorities arrested Pinochet in London in 1998 on an arrest warrant issued from Spain - where prosecutors wanted to try him for allegedly ordering the execution of leftist Spaniards living in Chile in the 1970s. He was eventually released back to Chile, but he spent his last years in a virtual prison of legal assaults and deteriorating health. In October a Chilean judge ordered...