The National Association of Chiefs of Police obtained the following information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's liaison office. 

A Defense Department official has been charged with conspiracy to communicate classified information to an agent of a foreign government, according to a report obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in the Eastern District of Virginia alleges that, from approximately November 2004 to February 11, 2008, James Wilbur Fondren, Jr., while serving as an employee of the Defense Department, unlawfully and knowingly conspired with others to communicate classified information to another person who he had reason to believe was an agent or representative of a foreign government.

The National Association of Chiefs of Police obtained the following information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's liaison office. 

A Defense Department official has been charged with conspiracy to communicate classified information to an agent of a foreign government, according to a report obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in the Eastern District of Virginia alleges that, from approximately November 2004 to February 11, 2008, James Wilbur Fondren, Jr., while serving as an employee of the Defense Department, unlawfully and knowingly conspired with others to communicate classified information to another person who he had reason to believe was an agent or representative of a foreign government.

U.S. Rep Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, yesterday released a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and CIA Director Leon Panetta requesting that the CIA’s Memoranda for the Record on the enhanced interrogation program be reviewed for declassification and publicly released. 

In an effort to avoid another Hurricane Katrina fiasco or to prepare for a national emergency, President Barack Obama is looking at the possibility of using military troops during a catastrophic and preparing emergency camps for Americans escaping a man-made or natural disaster.

Disgraced former Florida judge -- now a Democrat Party member of the House of Representatives -- Rep. Alcee Hastings introduced what some claim is a disturbing piece of legislation. The new bill calls for the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to build at least six facilities that can be designated as "emergency centers."  Hastings rationale for such facilities is to gather and "house" civilians on what are basically detention centers guarded by armed soldiers or paramilitary troops.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy last Wednesday warned Senate Republicans that if they do not back an independent commission to investigate George W. Bush Administration’s detainee interrogation program, he will launch his own committee investigation.

“If we can’t get a bipartisan commission to do this then we’ll do it in the usual way,” said Leahy, who is affectionately known in Washington as "Leaky" Leahy because of his propensity for leaking secret information to the news media.

A federal judge has sentenced a former fugitive on a U.S. "most wanted" list --  captured following an intense global manhunt -- to 50 years in prison on child pornography charges.

On Monday, March 30, Kenneth John Freeman, 46, a onetime competitive body builder of Richland, Washington, was sentenced in Spokane on charges stemming from an extensive investigation by Immigration & Custom Enforcement agents and law enforcement agencies throughout the world.

Freeman pleaded guilty in December 2008 to two federal charges of producing child pornography and one charge of interstate transportation of a minor for sexual purposes. At that time, Freeman also pleaded guilty to three state charges of rape of a child in the first degree. including a rape of his own child.