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August 06, 2008
As the Department indicated last week and has been widely reported, substantial progress has been made in the Amerithrax investigation in recent years. As you know, this investigation into the worst act of bioterrorism in U.S. history has been one of the largest and most complex ever conducted by the FBI. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service has also made an extraordinary contribution to this investigation. Over the past seven years, hundreds of thousands of agent-hours have been dedicated to solving this crime as well as I may add, many hours of prosecution time.
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Amerithrax Court Documents
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| August 07, 2008 |
Nevada Landfill Operator Agrees to $36 Million Plan to Close Landfill Site Republic Services of Southern Nevada, the current operator of the Sunrise Mountain Landfill located in Clark County, Nev., has agreed to construct and operate a comprehensive remedy for the site and to pay a $1 million civil fine in order to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. (Read More) | Pennsylvania Woman Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced on Obscenity Charges Karen Fletcher, of Donora, Pa., pleaded guilty to six counts of using an interactive computer service to distribute obscene materials. Fletcher was sentenced to serve five years probation. (Read More) |
| August 06, 2008 |
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey Announces
Brian A. Benczkowski to Serve as Chief of Staff for the Department of Justice Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced today that he will appoint Brian A. Benczkowski to serve as his Chief of Staff, effective August 15, 2008. Benczkowski, 38, currently serves as chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip. (Read More) | Two Indicted for Smuggling Leopard Hides into U.S. An indictment was returned charging two individuals with smuggling the hides and a skull of two leopards into the United States in violation of the Convention on International Trade in Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), an international treaty that regulates international shipments of listed species, to which the United States and 172 other countries are members. The leopards allegedly were hunted and killed in South Africa illegally and then smuggled into Zimbabwe to obtain false CITES permits.
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