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Ex-State Dept official pleads guilty to spying for Cuba
Havana :: Cuba | about 18 hours ago
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State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government. Walter Kendall Myers had "top secret" clearance and, with the help of his wife Gwendolyn, gave...
Tags: Cuban, pleading guilty, Retired State Department, Walter Kendall Myers, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, Gwendolyn Myers, department worker, spy case, cuba spy, wife accused, Cuba, Havana, Roland Burris, Rod Blagojevich, Kendall Myers, Law Crime, Politics, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Cuba ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Fidel Castro, Metadata, Monopoly, United States copyright law, Copyright, Data management, Library and information science, Entertainment Culture, Year of birth missing, Central Intelligence Agency, Intelligence Directorate, Israel ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations
Burris reproved by Senate ethics panel
Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 21 hours ago
Credibility Burris (D-Ill.) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his controversial appointment to the seat previously held by President Obama. In a three-page "public letter of qualified admonition" issued Friday , the...
Tags: Sen. Roland Burris, Senate Ethics Committee, Obama Senate, Senate Select Committee, Mr. Burris, Rod Blagojevich, senator ethics, senator seat, ethics panel, Barack Obama, Chicago, Dick Durbin, Burris, Perjury, Rod Blagojevich corruption charges, Barbara Flynn Currie, Roland Burris, Law Crime, Politics, United States Senate elections in Illinois, Jim Durkin, Governor of Illinois, Tom Cross, Rod Blagojevich controversies
Illinois Supreme Court hears arguments on Ryan pension
Springfield :: MO :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Should disgraced ex-Gov. George Ryan be given a partial state pension of $60,000 a year for his tenure as a county official, state legislator and lieutenant governor?...Those are the questions facing the Illinois Supreme Court after the seven justices...
Tags: Illinois Supreme Court, George Ryan, Springfield, Governor of Illinois, Barack Obama, Social Issues, Labor, Law Crime, Rod Blagojevich, Pension fund, Pension, Employment compensation, Financial services
Political angles to Ill. plan for terror suspects
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Even candidates on the same side of the issue can end up using sharply different language. Gov. Pat Quinn focuses largely on the jobs that would accompany housing the Guantanamo Bay detainees in an Illinois prison. His chief rival in the Democratic primary,...
Tags: Comptroller Dan Hynes, Pat Quinn, missions accomplished, Illinois, Chicago, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Jesse Jackson Jr., Barack Obama, Political parties in the United States, International Democrat Union, Jackson Michigan, Politics, Government of Illinois, Governor of Illinois, Daniel Hynes, Rod Blagojevich, Social Issues, Labor, Debate
Rod Blagojevich's brother wants separate trial
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Federal Courts Reporter Rod Blagojevich�s brother doesn�t want to be tried with the ex-governor, his lawyer said today. Michael Ettinger said Monday he will file a formal motion asking that his client, Rob Blagojevich, have a separate trial. Ettinger...
Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Rob Blagojevich, William Cellini, power broker, separate trial, blago trial, corruption charges, Illinois, Michael Ettinger, broker dropped, Los Angeles, John F. Harris, William F. Cellini, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, Rod Blagojevich controversies, Video game censorship, James Zagel, Law Crime, Tony Rezko, Governor of Illinois, Blagojeviￄﾇ, Rod Blagojevich corruption charges, Benvenuto Cellini
Illinois prison could host military trials of detainees
Thomson :: GA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility In addition to housing foreign detainees, an Illinois state prison could become a site for military trials of those charged with acts of terrorism, an administration official acknowleged Monday. As the Obama administration works to identify a detention...
Tags: Guantanamo Bay, Illinois, U.S, Cuba, Thomson Correctional Center, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, federal government, Thomson, John McCain, United States presidential election, Sarah Palin, Rod Blagojevich, Law Crime, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Interrogations, Baloch people, Islamic terrorism, Politics, Iraq conflict, Spanish-American War, Presidency of Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Kuwaiti captives in Guantanamo, Human rights abuses, Geography of Cuba, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Said Boujaadia, Waterboarding, Bagram Theater Internment Facility, Internments, Carroll County Illinois, Prison
Illinois prison considered for some Guantanamo detainees
Rockford :: IL :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Bureau of Prisons is scheduled to tour and inspect Illinois' Thom son Correctional Center today as part of a White House proposal to move some terrorism suspects now detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said Sunday. Even as others cited security...
Tags: Illinois Detainee Prison, Guantanamo Bay, Pat Quinn, Dick Durbin, obama administration, guantanamo detainees, Thomson Correctional Center, Cuba, Barack Obama, illinois prison, Rockford, Dick Durbin, Presidency of Barack Obama, Politics, Human rights abuses, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Internments, Mitch McConnell, Supermax, Prisons, Daniel Hynes, Governor of Illinois, Illinois State Senators, Rod Blagojevich controversies, Rod Blagojevich, Video game censorship, Social Issues, Government of Illinois, Roland Burris, Illinois, Donald A. Manzullo, Durbin, Forgottonia
Senate Week in Review: Nov. 9-13
Carbondale :: IL :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Illinois’ financial woes made national news this week when a respected think tank named it one of the top 10 states in financial crisis, according to state Sen. Dale Risinger, R-Peoria. In other news, Gov. Pat Quinn announced a plan to bail out the Regional...
Tags: University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, transit authorities, Pat Quinn, Sen. Dale Risinger, CTA, Carbondale, Illinois, Dale Risinger, Medicaid, Chicago Transit Authority, RTA, Rod Blagojevich, Video game censorship, Business Finance
Illinois: Prosecutors move to drop Cellini from trial
Springfield :: IL :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Prosecutors asked a federal judge Friday to drop millionaire power broker William Cellini from Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial, while the former governor asked that the trial scheduled for June be postponed for months...Zagel is likely to grant the...
Tags: William Cellini, Rod Blagojevich, corruption trial, Springfield, John F. Harris, William F. Cellini, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, Benvenuto Cellini, Video game censorship, James Zagel, Law Crime, Governor of Illinois, Blagojeviￄﾇ, Motion, Hearing, Rod Blagojevich corruption charges, Rod Blagojevich controversies, Criminal law
Jim Ryan apologizes for botching case
Wheaton :: IL :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Jim Ryan, in a statement released this afternoon. Ryan's relentlessly poor judgment overseeing the case that resulted in a death sentence for Brian Dugan yesterday, has long been a black mark on his career in public service. The statement also includes...
Tags: Jim Ryan, Brian Dugan, Jeanine Nicarico, death row, candidate jim, capital punishment, Wheaton, Birkett, DuPage County Illinois, Jeanine Nicarico murder case, Dugan, Ted Bundy, Law Crime, The Verdict, Naperville Illinois, Rolando Cruz case, Legal procedure, Jury, Social Issues, Rod Blagojevich, Bob Schillerstrom, Pat Quinn, Overturned convictions in the United States, George Ryan, Jeanine, Joe Birkett, In the Heat of the Night
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