June 17th, 2010

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• U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Death Sentence Case
• Former Chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Indicted for His Role in a $1.9 Billion Fraud Scheme That Contributed to the Failure of Colonial Bank
• Comprehensive Cybersecurity Bill Introduced by Bipartisan Group of Senators
• The Takedown - "Project Deliverance" Leads to More Than 2,000 Arrests, Seizure of $154 Million and 74.1 Tons of Drugs
• Movers & Shakers - CIA Director Appoints Gerald P. Hamilton to Lead Diversity, Employee Programs
• Case Law Update - Supreme Court Held That Immigrant's Second Offense for Possession of One Tablet of Xanax Is Not An Aggravated Felony for Purposes of Removal and Deportation
• Hear from FLEOA - FLEOA Announces the President Has Signed the Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act (H.R. 2711) into Law

News Round Up

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Death Sentence Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the case of Scott Pinholster, who was convicted in 1984 of killing two men during a Los Angeles burglary. Pinholster received a death sentence as a result of the killings, but a U.S. district judge overturned the penalty in 2003, finding that the jury may have come to a different conclusion if Pinholster's trial attorneys had investigated and presented evidence of his l ...
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Former Chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Indicted for His Role in a $1.9 Billion Fraud Scheme That Contributed to the Failure of Colonial Bank
Lee Bentley Farkas, the former chairman of a private mortgage lending company, Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW), was arrested Tuesday night in Ocala, Florida, and charged in a 16-count indictment for his alleged role in a more than $1.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failures of Colonial Bank, one of the 50 largest banks in the United States in 2009, and TBW, one of the largest privately held mortgage lend ...
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Comprehensive Cybersecurity Bill Introduced by Bipartisan Group of Senators
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut), Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Delaware) have introduced comprehensive legislation designed to modernize, strengthen, and coordinate the security of federal civilian and select private sector critical infrastructure cyber networks. The bill, ...
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The Takedown - "Project Deliverance" Leads to More Than 2,000 Arrests, Seizure of $154 Million and 74.1 Tons of Drugs
Last Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced the arrest of more than 2,200 individuals on narcotics-related charges in the United States and the seizure of more than 74.1 tons of illegal drugs as part of a 22-month multi-agency law enforcement investigation known as "Project Deliverance." The Attorney General was joined in announcing the current results of Project Deliverance by Acting Administrator Michele ...
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Movers & Shakers - CIA Director Appoints Gerald P. Hamilton to Lead Diversity, Employee Programs
CIA Director Leon E. Panetta has appointed Gerald P. Hamilton to lead the Agency's diversity programs, including its public outreach efforts. Hamilton, a senior officer in the National Clandestine Service, brings years of Agency experience to the position. He will head the new Employee Resource Center, which Director Panetta created to combine, focus, and increase the capabilities of existing offices responsible for ...
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Case Law Update - Supreme Court Held That Immigrant's Second Offense for Possession of One Tablet of Xanax Is Not An Aggravated Felony for Purposes of Removal and Deportation
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder, a case that considers whether the government can deport immigrants who are convicted of repeat, minor drug possession. The question before the U.S. Supreme Court is whether a person convicted under state law for simple drug possessions (a federal law misdemeanor) has been "convicted" of an "aggravated felony" on the theory that he coul ...
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Hear from FLEOA - FLEOA Announces the President Has Signed the Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act (H.R. 2711) into Law
FLEOA is proud to report that on June 9th, 2010, President Obama signed into law H.R. 2711, the Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act. This bill was first introduced by Rep. Mike J. Rogers on June 4th, 2009, and initially would only cover Special Agents of the FBI. FLEOA worked closely with Rep. Rogers and Chairman Edolphus Towns' staff to have the bill expanded to include its FBI members and all f ...
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6/17/2010

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