Read more US attorney stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/263/us-attorney.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:03:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73419/14-charged-as-galleon-insider-trading-case-widens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo former Galleon Group employees and a Ropes & Gray lawyer were among 14 people charged today in the expanding insider trading case surrounding the hedge fund founded by Raj Rajaratnam, who was busted last month. The traders and lawyers snuck around, communicating in code over throwaway cellphones, but had...http://www.newser.com/story/73419/14-charged-as-galleon-insider-trading-case-widens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 13:13:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71694/facebook-trips-up-high-living-fugitive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFugitives of the world, take note: If you’re having the time of your life hanging out in Cancun, you probably shouldn’t brag about it on Facebook. And you definitely shouldn’t add an ex-Justice Department official as a friend. Take it from Maxi Sopo, a 26-year-old who had spent the last...http://www.newser.com/story/71694/facebook-trips-up-high-living-fugitive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 16:40:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71460/fugitive-in-68-hijack-nabbed-at-jfk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA longtime fugitive who allegedly hijacked a plane in 1968 and diverted it to Cuba was arrested yesterday at JFK Airport in New York and will be arraigned tomorrow. Luis Armando Pena Soltren, now 66, is accused of smuggling weapons inside a diaper bag and terrorizing dozens of passengers 41...http://www.newser.com/story/71460/fugitive-in-68-hijack-nabbed-at-jfk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 4:55:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66031/prosecutors-compete-for-911-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal prosecutors in New York and Virginia are fighting for the chance to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his co-conspirators on trial, the Washington Post reports. Justice Department sources say offices in Alexandria and Manhattan have been lobbying hard to prosecute the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, both stressing their...http://www.newser.com/story/66031/prosecutors-compete-for-911-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 6:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65838/obama-nominates-us-attorney-fired-under-bush.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA US attorney fired by the Bush administration is set to get his old job back, the Washington Post reports. Daniel Bolger, whose 2006 firing is among those being probed for partisan motivation, has been nominated by President Obama to again be the federal prosecutor for Nevada. Former Attorney General...http://www.newser.com/story/65838/obama-nominates-us-attorney-fired-under-bush.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Aug 2009 8:49:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65488/1-nc-jihadi-still-at-large-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal prosecutors said today that one member of a North Carolina group that sought to wage "violent jihad" is still at large. US Attorney George Holding says authorities hope to soon apprehend an eighth person described in an indictment unsealed yesterday. The person's name is redacted from court papers.http://www.newser.com/story/65488/1-nc-jihadi-still-at-large-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 11:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65147/nabbed-nj-pols-lived-in-ethics-free-zone-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 44 New Jersey politicians and New York and New Jersey rabbis arrested this morning were the subject of a 10-year probe, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. “The politicians willingly put themselves up for sale,” the US Attorney says. “For these defendants, corruption was a way of life. They existed in...http://www.newser.com/story/65147/nabbed-nj-pols-lived-in-ethics-free-zone-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 14:52:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57782/feds-drop-spying-charges-against-aipac-lobbyists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGovernment prosecutors say they will move to dismiss the espionage case against a pair of former AIPAC lobbyists linked to Rep. Jane Harman, the Washington Post reports. Prosecutors said they probably wouldn’t be able to secure a conviction because of the “additional intent requirement imposed by the court,” and were...http://www.newser.com/story/57782/feds-drop-spying-charges-against-aipac-lobbyists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 May 2009 10:12:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52206/gop-finds-promising-candidates-in-us-attorneys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS attorneys have been a sore subject for Republicans since the Bush administration's politically motivated dismissal of eight prosecutors in 2006. But in the Obama age, the office is becoming a wellspring of strong Republican candidates, Politico reports. The current climate of public distrust toward government and financial institutions means...http://www.newser.com/story/52206/gop-finds-promising-candidates-in-us-attorneys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Mar 2009 14:18:01 CST