NewsCloud.com Crime News http://www.newscloud.com/section/crime Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:37:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us Cheney Indicted in Texas http://www.newscloud.com/read/Cheney_Indicted_in_Texas A grand jury in Willacy County, Texas, has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to alleged abuses of prisoners at federal detention centers, CNN and the Associated Press reported.

]]> Violations of Law May Be Classified, Court Rules | Secrecy News http://www.newscloud.com/read/Violations_of_Law_May_Be_Classified_Court_Rules_Secrecy_News Information that would reveal a violation of the law may be properly classified as long as it is not deliberately classified for the purpose of concealing the violation, a federal judge indicated this week.

That view, in a ruling (pdf) against the ACLU by DC District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, all but nullifies one of the principal limitations on national security secrecy contained in the executive order on classification policy.

]]> Police search for evangelist's alleged enforcer http://www.newscloud.com/read/Police_search_for_evangelist_s_alleged_enforcer LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Seth Calagna recalled lying on the Fort Smith warehouse floor, feeling every strike of the board against his backside as blood oozed onto the winter-cooled concrete.

Calagna told detectives months later that John Erwin Kolbeck, an alleged enforcer for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo, paused after 20 strikes to order another ministry member to pull off the 17-year-old's pants and thermals. Kolbeck slammed the wooden board against the teen's underwear and bare skin until the board finally broke, according to a police report.

]]> Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story http://www.newscloud.com/read/Police_McCain_volunteer_made_up_robbery_story PITTSBURGH - A McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter "B" scratched on her face in what she had said was a politically inspired attack, police said Friday.

]]> Another dragging death in Texas raises tensions http://www.newscloud.com/read/Another_dragging_death_in_Texas_raises_tensions PARIS, Texas - In a gruesome case with powerful echoes of the dragging death of James Byrd a decade ago, a black man was killed underneath a pickup truck in East Texas and two white men have been charged with murder.

]]> Spoonamore Reveals The Plan To Steal The Next Election http://www.newscloud.com/read/Spoonamore_Reveals_The_Plan_To_Steal_The_Next_Election Here, in this shattering new interview, Stephen Spoonamore goes into harrowing detail about the Bush regime's election fraud, past, present and--if we don't spread the word right now--to come. Since he's the only whistle-blower out there who knows the perps themselves, and how they operate, we have to send this new piece far and wide.

]]> Five Dangerous, Disastrous Things About the Proposed Bailout and What You Can Do to Help Stop It http://www.newscloud.com/read/Five_Dangerous_Disastrous_Things_About_the_Proposed_Bailout_and_What_You_Can_Do_to_Help_Stop_It You can help stop the economic hijacking before it's too late.

]]> Dutch Civil Court Dismisses Srebrenica Genocide Lawsuit Against Netherlands http://www.newscloud.com/read/Dutch_Civil_Court_Dismisses_Srebrenica_Genocide_Lawsuit_Against_Netherlands A Dutch civil court sided with the Dutch state and dismissed the case against the Netherlands for their failure to prevent Srebrenica genocide in 1995. The Srebrenica enclave had been declared a UN "Safe Haven" under the control of Dutchbat before the massacre took place. Dutch soldiers allowed Serb forces to take away more than 8,000 Bosniak men, children, and elderly - actions which resulted in the worst massacre and the first genocide since the World War II in Europe. Thousands of Bosniak women were forcibly deported from the enclave in a U.N.-assisted ethnic cleansing.

]]> The Last King of Potland: He moved a 'ton of dope,' now can't hire an attorney http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_Last_King_of_Potland_He_moved_a_ton_of_dope_now_can_t_hire_an_attorney Feds tricked him into landing in the U.S., then arresting him

]]> Bosnia Prosecutors Seek Accountability for Srebrenica Genocide http://www.newscloud.com/read/Bosnia_Prosecutors_Seek_Accountability_for_Srebrenica_Genocide Prosecutors said the gravest atrocities were the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslims, the mass murders of non-Serbs in detention camps and ethnic cleansing of members of other ethnic groups conducted by all three groups. But the families of victims and detention camp survivors said they feared not all perpetrators would face justice.

]]> Srebrenica Genocide Architect Radovan Karadzic Abuses Court to Mock Justice http://www.newscloud.com/read/Srebrenica_Genocide_Architect_Radovan_Karadzic_Abuses_Court_to_Mock_Justice Indicted Srebrenica genocide architect, Radovan Karadzic, is not interested in a fair trial at International Criminal Tribunal. The only thing he is interested in is to put up his last show and use the Court as a political platform. It's time for Judges to wake up and stop criminals like Karadzic from disrespecting the Court and insulting the victims. If judges continue to tolerate Karadzic's inappropriate behavior, then the Court's credibility will be at stake.

]]> Why I'm Boycotting The Emmys http://www.newscloud.com/read/Why_I_m_Boycotting_The_Emmys It was such an ugly demise to an intense drama set on Baltimore, Maryland's tough, inner-city streets -and, no, I'm not talking about the shocking deaths of two of Baltimore's most notorious criminals. I'm talking about the ugly, dismissive and undeserving omission of HBO 's incredibly taut series, The Wire , from 60th Primetime Emmy® Award nominations!

]]> Local Sharpened spikes at Green Lake http://www.newscloud.com/read/Local_Sharpened_spikes_at_Green_Lake A handful of spikes - metal rods roughly 2 or 3 feet long - were found Sunday night by a man wading near the boating center at the south end of the lake. After he alerted city parks staff, Seattle police divers on Monday found 39 spikes buried in the lake bottom, with sharp points sticking up.

]]> Release denied for dying Manson follower http://www.newscloud.com/read/Release_denied_for_dying_Manson_follower A follower of Charles Manson who stabbed pregnant actress Sharon Tate to death nearly 40 years ago but is dying of brain cancer in a California prison was denied compassionate release Tuesday.

]]> Freed hacker could work for police - 16 Jul 2008 - NZ Herald: New Zealand National news http://www.newscloud.com/read/Freed_hacker_could_work_for_police_16_Jul_2008_NZ_Herald_New_Zealand_National_news