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Jail For Prof. Who Gave China U.S. Military Secrets

A professor emeritus at a public university in Tennessee has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for passing sensitive U.S. military secrets to the communist government of China and for defrauding the taxpayer-funded school of honest services. The electrical and computer engineering professor (John Reece Roth) was indicted by a federal grand jury in mid 2008 and was subsequently convicted after a seven-day trial a few months later. A …

Bribery Indictment For Rep. Conyers’ Councilwoman Wife

…rs initially opposed the sludge contract but voted in favor of it after accepting payments from the company, according to federal investigators, who are also probing several other council members involved in the scandal. This type of fraud and corruption is par for the course in Detroit City Hall, which has seen a mayor, former city council members and even a police chief indicted, arrested or imprisoned in the last few years. Conyers, who could…

N.J. Residents Against Services For Illegal Immigrants

…hat the majority of New Jersey residents oppose offering public services to illegal immigrants, especially driver’s licenses. A recent poll reveals that 62% of New Jersey residents are against granting illegal immigrants some type of limited driver’s license. Even when presented with counter-arguments that the licenses would make the state safer and keep undesirable jobs filled, almost 90 percent of the opponents remained steadfast. Most re…

Millions For Energy Behavior Research

…will then be addressed. If all this sounds like a crock, just take a look at what it will cost U.S. taxpayers. The legislation authorizes appropriations of $10 million a year for each fiscal year from 2010 through 2015. This type of publicly financed, touchy-feely program already exists at federal agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services but seems inappropriate and downright outrageous at a cabinet-level agency responsible for t…

Coalition Demands Ending 287(g)

…marks acknowledging the country’s long history of African Americans and Latinos being disproportionately stopped by law enforcement but claim the 287(g) program—recently expanded by the administration—exacerbates exactly that type of racial profiling. The letter was signed by more than 500 organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, Guatemalan Immigrant Movement, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Alianza Indige…

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