12 Feb
Newly published documents show how a German archaeologist used trickery to smuggle home a fabulous sculpture of the Egyptian queen, Nefertiti.
The archaeologist, Ludwig Borchardt, listed the bust of Queen Nefertiti among his finds in Egypt in 1913.
But he described it as a worthless piece of gypsum and hid it in a box.
It is now [...]
8 Feb
By Kevin Poulsen February 06, 2009 | 4:41:53 PMCategories: Spooks Gone Wild
A 16-year veteran of the CIA pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal fraud charge after using undercover agency credit cards to run up $75,000 in personal expenses, including costly hotel stays and a $700 watch.
Steven J. Levan, 48, worked as a case agent at [...]
8 Feb
Associated Press finds that over the past five years, the money the military spends on winning hearts and minds at home and abroad has grown by 63 percent, to at least $4.7 billion this year
WASHINGTON– As it fights two wars, the Pentagon is steadily and dramatically increasing the money it spends to win what it [...]
6 Feb
By Michelle Durand
from the Daily Journal
The manager of Roti, an Indian bistro in downtown Burlingame, stole identifying information from restaurant customers and used it to buy gift cards and other items from his wife who worked at a South San Francisco Safeway store, according to prosecutors.
Atin Singh, 23, and Iris Singh, 27, of South [...]
