Category: Law
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Miami U.S. Attorney’s Office accused again of spying; A ‘mole’ in the defense camp?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
For the second time this summer, Miami federal prosecutors stand accused of spying on the defense – this time in the case of an alleged $28-million, international sweepstakes fraud. -
Accusations of spying by FBI, U.S. Attorney’s Office dissolve amid generous plea deals
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Weeks after being accused of spying on the defense in a $55-million Medicare fraud case, the Miami U.S. Attorney’s Office gave all three defendants generous plea deals that closed the case and made the misconduct accusations go away. -
Secret U.S. Marshals’ report ID’d security weaknesses at Broward courthouse before escape
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A confidential U.S. Marshals’ security assessment for the Broward County Courthouse exposed numerous weaknesses in the building’s security system four years before last week’s scandalous escape of a 21-year-old murder suspect. -
Broward medical examiner’s evidence policy worries prosecutors, defense lawyers
By Eric Barton
FloridaBulldog.org
The Broward County medical examiner has been destroying some tissue and blood samples after they are a year old, a policy defense attorneys and prosecutors say could affect untold numbers of criminal cases. -
28 pages and 80,000 pages: The hunt for a Saudi support network for 9-11 hijackers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Lawyers for the Florida Bulldog have asked a federal judge to award substantial attorney fees for years of efforts to obtain secret reports about the FBI’s post-9/11 investigation of Saudis in Sarasota with apparent ties to the suicide hijackers. -
Saudi Arabia’s king ran state charity that 9/11 victims say funded and armed al Qaeda
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Editor’s Note: This story was first published Feb. 6, 2015. Saudi Arabia’s king, Salman, “actively directed” a Saudi charity whose funding was “especially important to al Qaeda acquiring the strike capabilities used to launch attacks in the U.S.,” say court papers filed this week by lawyers representing 9/11 victims and their families.
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