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The Federal Law Enforcement topic area addresses all crime-fighting agencies at the national and federal level. This section will provide you with the latest news, information and developments across the country and in Washington.

Prosecutors said Aguigui and three fellow Fort Stewart soldiers were part of a militia group called Forever Enduring Always Ready
The letter sent Thursday by assistant U.S. attorneys in Manhattan said the “highly sensitive and, in many respects, still classified intelligence-collection program” required the collection and storage of a large volume of information
The order is a sign that the DOJ is moving ahead with it’s own investigation
The indictment alleges that DEA agent Terry Watson was killed at the hands of an organized group of robbers who operated taxi cabs in Bogota
The sting took several dozen weapons off the street and put many gun sellers behind bars
Freeh said hackers seeking to take control of, or take down, key pieces of U.S. infrastructure could do more damage than the attackers of 9/11
Shawn Custis, 42, was arrested Friday in Manhattan and faces charges of attempted murder, robbery, burglary and child endangerment
The 4 men are alleged members of a gang that specializes in robberies, officials believe the agent was not targeted
A formal extradition request to bring Snowden to the United States from Hong Kong could drag through appeal courts for years and would pit Beijing against Washington
James Terry Watson, 43, was stabbed 4 times after 3 suspects pulled him out of a taxi
Federal agents arrested the Mexican Mafia prison gang on charges that they worked with organized crime in Mexico to bring drugs into South Texas
States are increasingly adopting laws that purport to nullify federal laws — setting up intentional legal conflicts between local police and federal law
Former George W. Bush administration official James Comey has a bipartisan background and 2 decades of law enforcement experience
I am very confident of our result here after two-days-plus of diligent effort” said the head of the Detroit FBI
Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa, executing a search warrant, “based on information that we have involving the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa”
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of either of these subjects
Federal authorities raided 14 franchise stores while ICE agents were executing search warrants at about 30 other stores across the country
John Martorano says he decided to become a government witness against against James “Whitey” Bulger and his partner because they violated his trust by becoming informants
Bulger, the former leader of the Winter Hill Gang, is charged with a long list of crimes in a 32-count racketeering indictment, including participating in 19 killings in the 1970s and `80s
Lawyers for reputed gangster James “Whitey” Bulger asked a judge Monday to delay opening statements in his racketeering trial
In his last scheduled appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, FBI Director Robert Mueller said the surveillance programs have been conducted in compliance with U.S. law
Bulger’s attorney acknowledges that he was involved in illegal gambling and drugs but says Bulger paid law enforcement to protect him from prosecution
A relentless husband-and-wife team have been arrested for committing four armed robberies
Authorities are looking for information about the May 14 disappearance of 25-year-old Armando Torres III, his father, and his uncle
FBI released recordings of the suspect demanding two boys, and the driver refusing his requests
Undercover agents had given the suspect a bag believed to be bomb, and he dropped it in a trash can near Wrigley field
The federal officer was not seriously injured despite being run over by a man driving a truck who’d been spotted drinking
At a press conference Thursday in Moscow, Abdul-Baki Todashev told media pictures showed his son with 7 bullet wounds
He allegedly implicated himself in a triple slaying in connection with Tamerlan Tsarnaev; he lunged at a cop with a knife during questioning