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Mystery Solved? FBI Arrests Man Accused Of Stealing Manuscripts

A mystery that has shaken the literary world for years — the theft of hundreds of unpublished manuscripts — may finally be about to be solved. The FBI arrested Filippo Bernardini, a 29-year-old Italian employee of major publisher Simon & Schuster, in New York this week. He is accused of impersonating literary agents and publishers …

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Mystery Solved? FBI Arrest Suspect In Manuscript Theft Scam

A mystery that has shaken the literary world for years — the theft of hundreds of unpublished manuscripts from distinguished authors — may finally be about to be solved. In New York this week, the FBI arrested Filippo Bernardini, a 29-year-old Italian employee of major publisher Simon & Schuster. He is accused of impersonating literary …

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US Justice Dept To Pay $130 Mn To Parkland Victims’ Families Over FBI Blunder

The US Justice Department is expected to pay $130 million to the families of victims of the 2018 Parkland shooting in Florida because the FBI failed to investigate two tip-offs about the gunman who went on kill 17 people at the high school, the New York Times said Monday. Armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, …

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Jimmy Hoffa Found? Search Reignited Following New Potential Clues

One of the most powerful labor organizers in American history, Jimmy Hoffa, disappeared in 1975. And now investigators are hunting for his body again, the FBI confirmed Friday. Current investigations led the FBI to a New Jersey landfill in October, according to The New York Times. “Last month, the FBI obtained a search warrant to …

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FBI Has All Information Needed For Investigation, Lawyer Says

KEY POINTS The police in Florida said Laundrie “probably” died by suicide Laundrie was the only one named person of interest in the death of Gabby Petito His initial autopsy report was ruled inconclusive due to advanced decomposition The FBI reportedly has all the information necessary to complete the investigation into the disappearance and death …

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Republican Senators Want FBI to Investigate Biden’s Key Pentagon Nominee

Eighteen GOP senators are asking FBI Director Christopher Wray to open an investigation into President Biden’s key Pentagon nominee to find out whether he solicited or disclosed classified information after his tenure with the Obama administration. The senators do not want the nomination of Colin Kahl for undersecretary of defense for policy to advance for a full …

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Organizer of Alleged Pro-Trump Super PAC Charged for Allegedly Misleading Donors

The organizer of a political action committee that was presented to prospective donors as supportive of then-President Donald Trump’s re-election was charged this week with wire fraud. Kyle James Bell started the Keep America Great Committee in January 2020 purportedly to support Trump’s re-election efforts. He copied content and source code for his website from …

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Documents Outline Alleged Scheme to Extort Rep. Gaetz’s Family

Newly published documents appear to back up Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) claim that he and his family were victims of an extortion scheme. In an email obtained and published by the Washington Examiner, a lawyer for Gaetz’s father Don, a former Florida state senator, asked the Department of Justice for confirmation that both the department and …

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G-man Taught a ‘Golden Rule’ He Failed to Follow

A top FBI intelligence analyst under investigation for failing to properly vet the Steele dossier before it was used to obtain invalid warrants to spy on a former Trump campaign aide appears to have violated his own “Golden Rule” for government spying. A member of the International Intelligence Ethics Association, Brian Auten has lectured since …

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