Month: June 2013
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State drops burglary case against teen; Satz tolerates police misconduct, Finkelstein says again
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The Broward State Attorney’s Office has dropped a felony burglary charge against a 15-year-old boy who defense attorneys say was coerced by Fort Lauderdale Police into falsely confessing to a crime he did not commit. -
Fact-check: The NSA and September 11th
By Justin Elliott
ProPublica
In defending the NSA’s sweeping collection of Americans’ phone call records, Obama administration officials have repeatedly pointed out how it could have helped thwart the 9/11 attacks: If only the surveillance program been in place before Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. authorities would have been able to identify one of the future hijackers who was living in San Diego. Last weekend, former Vice President Dick Cheney invoked the same argument. -
With two huge contracts up for grabs, the plotting quickens at the Broward Sheriff’s Office
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Two of the biggest contracts that Broward Sheriff Scott Israel will ever get to hand out – worth as much as $350 million to the winning bidders – are scheduled for award this summer. -
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Majority of Supreme Court justices are millionaires; Ginsburg, Breyer top list of wealthiest
By Reity O’Brien
Center for Public Integrity
At least five and perhaps as many as eight of the nine members of the U.S. Supreme Court are millionaires according to recently released financial disclosures, and only two hold any consumer debt. -
Unhappy Broward commissioners want more control over city CRAs
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward County commissioners vowed to seek changes in state law to give them more oversight over municipal redevelopment agencies after learning they cannot audit alleged misspending by Hallandale Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency.
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