In 1949, a reporter for approached the FBI and asked about writing a story about the "toughest guys" being sought by the FBI at the time. We provided the names and descriptions of 10 fugitives to the reporter. The resulting feature became a major story and gained national attention. As a consequence of overwhelming public interest, on March 14, 1950, then-Director J. Edgar Hoover inaugurated the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives program.
Timothy J. Healy, director of the Terrorist Screening Center, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs at a hearing entitled "The Lessons and Implications of the Christmas Day Attack: Watchlisting and Pre-Screening."
Colleen R. LaRose, of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official, and attempted identity theft.
Eight members and associates of the Colombo organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra were charged variously with racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, extortion, and embezzlement of union benefit funds.
Colleen R. LaRose, of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official, and attempted identity theft.
Jesse Todd Thompson, of Lubbock, Texas, pled guilty in Portland, Oregon to the felony offense of interference with a flight crew in connection with an incident that occurred on a Southwest Airlines flight from Kansas City to Portland.
Eight members and associates of the Colombo organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra were charged variously with racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, extortion, and embezzlement of union benefit funds.
Three former owners and employees of two different video relay service companies pled guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Communications Commission's Video Relay Service program of more than $2.5 million.
Paul Mayotte, of Brookfield, Connecticut, the former chief financial officer of a real estate investment firm, was sentenced to four years of probation for conspiring with real estate developer Richard Girouard to defraud an investor out of money.
