De Blasio Aide Warned About Shady Businessmen In NYPD probe
A top aide to Mayor de Blasio had warned against putting the businessmen now at the center of the NYPD corruption scandal onto Hizzoner’s 2014 inaugural committee.
Jona Rechnitz Investigation Linked To Hedge Fund Investment
NEW YORK – A businessman at the center of a federal corruption probe involving New York police officers and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s fundraising helped arrange an investment by the correction officers’ union in a hedge fund, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
$700M Deal: Trump’s Jewish Son-in-law To Buy Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Iconic Watchtower
Brooklyn, NY – The Brooklyn waterfront Watchtower property owned by a missionary group has been sold to a group that includes Donald Trump’s son in law, Jared Kushner for $700 million.
Fake Cell Towers Give Law Enforcement Tech Power To Fight Crime
An electronic device that tricks cellphones into revealing a user’s location is becoming a key weapon for law enforcement in its battle against drug traffickers, terror suspects and other dangerous criminals — but its potential misuse against innocent Americans and the secrecy surrounding which agencies have the devices is of growing concern by civil liberties…
Microsoft Sues Justice Department Over Secret Customer Data Searches
Microsoft has sued the US government for the right to tell its customers when a federal agency is looking at their emails, the latest in a series of clashes over privacy between the technology industry and Washington.
Chimpanzee Escapes From Japan Zoo
A chimpanzee named Cha Cha escaped from a zoo in Sendai, Japan, and led police and zoo staff on a dramatic two-hour chase through a residential neighborhood, according to NHK, Japan’s largest broadcaster.
U.S. Attorney Throws The Book At Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence: Additional Charges Levied As SEC Names More Ramapo Officials
New York – U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara had harsh words for Town of Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and Aaron Troodler, former assistant attorney for the Town of Ramapo and executive director of the Ramapo Local Development Corporation, charging the pair with 22 counts of fraud and conspiracy in connection with municipal bonds issued by…
UK Military Expert: Israel Must Strike Iran on Its Own
Israel ought to go rogue on Iran, suggested a prominent British military expert on Tuesday, saying that the Jewish state was “an outpost of strength” that should target Iran’s nuclear program.
DOI Commissioner Who Served As De-Blasio’s Campaign Treasurer Refuses To Step Down From Mayoral Probe
New York, NY – The complex web surrounding political contributions to Mayor de Blasio’s election campaign continues to grow ever more tangled as the head of City Hall’s Department of Investigations announced that he would not recuse himself from the U.S. Attorney’s office probe scrutinizing campaign donations to the mayor’s 2013 mayoral campaign, despite having…
Belgium – Report: Brussels Terrorists Targeted Tel Aviv-Bound Flight
Belgium – The Brussels terrorists planned to attack passengers waiting to board a flight to Tel Aviv, the third would-be bomber and suspect Mohamed Abrini told the Belgian examining magistrate, according to official records seen by France’s BFM TV station.