International Business News - FBI http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The red-vested and gregarious former Wisconsin Gov. Lee Sherman Dreyfus was so well liked, even the FBI couldn't dig up any dirt. Despite conducting more than 50 interviews with political opponents, former college classmates and even folks who happen to live next door to the governor's mansion, federal agents conducting a background check in 1982 couldn't find anything bad to say about him. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/fbi-couldnt-find-dirt-on-popular-ex-wis-governor.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:13:40 EDT FBI Director Robert Mueller has apologized to the editors of The Washington Post and The New York Times for improperly obtaining phone records of the newspapers' reporters while investigating terrorism four years ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080809/fbi-to-newspapers-sorry-about-your-phone-records.htm Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:18:49 EDT Former President Ford secretly advised the FBI that two of his fellow members on the Warren Commission doubted the FBI's conclusion that John F. Kennedy was shot from the sixth floor of the Texas Book Depository in Dallas, according to newly released records from Ford's FBI files. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/105994-ford-fbi-file.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080809/ford-told-fbi-about-panels-doubts-on-jfk-murder.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080809/ford-told-fbi-about-panels-doubts-on-jfk-murder.htm Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:31:34 EDT The Justice Department said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant in a small northeastern Pennsylvania town. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/feds-join-probe-of-mexican-slain-in-pa-coal-town.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:00:54 EDT Nearly 40 years ago, the FBI was roundly criticized for investigating Americans without evidence they had broken any laws. Now, critics fear the FBI may be gearing up to do it again. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/civil-liberties-group-criticizes-new-fbi-authority.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:54:48 EDT FBI Director Robert Mueller on Monday criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, saying it may harm efforts to deter violent crime. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/82995-fbi-colleges.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/fbi-chief-gun-ruling-makes-campuses-less-secure.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/fbi-chief-gun-ruling-makes-campuses-less-secure.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:16:21 EDT The FBI uses old technology and workers without enough training to do security checks on people applying for citizenship and other immigration benefits, a government audit found. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/auditor-blames-fbis-systems-for-immigration-delay.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:02:01 EDT The FBI uses old technology and workers without enough training to do security checks on people applying for citizenship and other immigration benefits, a government audit found. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/auditor-blames-fbis-systems-for-immigration-delay.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:22:30 EDT Both violent and property crimes declined in 2007 from the previous year, the FBI reported Monday. But one expert warned the figures could mask rising murder rates among young black men. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/67397-fbi-crime.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/violent-and-property-crime-declined-in-2007.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/violent-and-property-crime-declined-in-2007.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:14:17 EDT An FBI agent has pleaded guilty to accepting a cruise from a company in return for approving their bid to supply the agency with paper shredders. The Department of Justice says 47-year-old Curtis Jones of Annapolis pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Baltimore. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/fbi-agent-pleads-guilty-to-taking-free-cruise.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:32:15 EDT An FBI agent from Phoenix was indicted in Los Angeles on 18 charges that accuse him of having an affair with the wife of a man he was investigating. Joe Gordwin, 39, was arrested Thursday at the FBI office in Phoenix and was placed on administrative leave. He was expected to make his initial court appearance later Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080529/phoenix-area-fbi-agent-indicted-in-la-on-18-charges.htm Thu, 29 May 2008 19:58:11 EDT The housing market slump translated into brisk business last year for mortgage scammers and the federal agents who pursue them, with the FBI winning 206 convictions, recovering nearly $22 million and still chasing a growing number of securities and commodities fraud cases. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/fbi-details-spike-in-mortgage-fraud-cases.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 18:51:35 EDT The FBI is grappling with growing numbers of public corruption cases and a surge in mortgage fraud investigations, FBI Director Robert Mueller said Thursday, wondering aloud whether Americans are "be... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/40603-fbi-mueller-mortgage-fraud.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080417/fbi-chief-are-americans-becoming-more-crooked.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080417/fbi-chief-are-americans-becoming-more-crooked.htm Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:36:12 EDT The United States will not restrict visa-free travel for European tourists, despite a growing number of terrorist plots involving European citizens, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller said Monday. Muell... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080407/fbi-no-plans-for-tougher-eu-visa-rules.htm Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:23:27 EDT The FBI is investigating an Old National Bancorp loan officer in the Indianapolis market who falsified documents, the bank said Monday. When the bank found out about the misconduct, it reviewed the ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080407/fbi-probes-old-national-loan-officer.htm Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:55:17 EDT A federal judge has rejected an effort to force Hillary Rodham Clinton to testify in a decade-old lawsuit over White House acquisition of FBI background files. The court ruling spares Clinton a poli... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080402/clinton-testimony-on-fbi-files-blocked.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:20:29 EDT A former FBI supervisor has been sentenced in Virginia to six years in prison for abducting a girlfriend. The prison time for 55-year-old Carl Spicocchi was handed down Tuesday in Arlington County Circuit Court. He had pleaded guilty in December to two counts of abduction and using a firearm while committing a felony. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080313/ex-fbi-official-sentenced-in-abduction.htm Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:33:01 EDT The FBI is a shadow of its former crime-busting self, submitting nearly 40 percent fewer criminal investigations to the Justice Department for referral than it did two decades ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080306/fbi-criminal-referrals-plummet.htm Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:30:44 EST The FBI improperly used national security letters in 2006 to obtain personal data on Americans during terror and spy investigations, Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080305/more-fbi-privacy-violations-confirmed.htm Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:44:16 EST FBI Director Robert Mueller says an upcoming Justice Department report will show the bureau improperly used national security letters to obtain personal data on Americans during terror and spy investigations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080305/new-fbi-privacy-violations-confirmed.htm Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:56:59 EST