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RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Retired FBI Agents Frank L. Perry, Ph.D. and John Werner released the following joint statement today questioning whether the FBI has become politically tainted.

CHICAGO, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- In Playboy.com's "The Chilling Effect," investigative journalist Peter Lance exclusively discusses how his book, Triple Cross: How Bin Laden's Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets, and the FBI, drew the ire of Patrick Fitzgerald, the most formidable prosecutor in the United States, and how Fitzgerald tried to kill the paperback edition. The book (Harper; Trade Paperback; On sale: June 16, 2009; $16.99) uncovers the story of how Ali Mohamed, a master spy for Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network, managed to infiltrate the deepest levels of the U.S.

CHICAGO _ A federal jury Wednesday convicted developer Antoin "Tony" Rezko of corruption charges for trading on his clout as a top adviser and fundraiser to Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

For the high-profile, politically charged investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videos, the Justice Department is turning to a low-profile, politically independent prosecutor.