hearing today. first, he said some f.b.i. agents did cheat on the test about handling surveillance in open cases. director mueller testified to the senate judiciary committee and told the committee member that a number of agents had cheated on their tests either by taking them in groups or having access to the tests beforehand. director mueller did not say exactly how many agents had cheated. he did say an inspector general is looking into the situation. the tests are part of the bureau s techniques to ensure agents know the rules. at that same hearing, director mueller suggested that f.b.i. agents who worked on the lockerbie bombing case should have been consulted before scotland released the only man convicted in that attack. a group of senators trying to find out if the oil company b.p. pushed to get that release in exchange for a lucrative oil contract with libya. last year, scottish authorities sent a terrorist home to libya after doctors said he had a few months to live. well, no
of new york. a former judge says david paterson, the governor, should not face criminal charges for his role in a former aide s domestic violence case. the state s one time chief judge says governor paterson made errors in judgment by contacting the aide s former girlfriend after she called police last year. but in a report to new york s attorney general, the judge said those errors do not amount to criminal wrongdoing. however, the judge said the evidence could still be enough to charge the aide, david johnson, the bronx district attorney says he s still investigating the paterson case which means charges against the governor are still possible. well, a nascar team owner seriously injured after crashing his private plane last night. we re told jack roush of roush racing was at the controls when the twin engine business jet skidded off the runway at an airport in oshkosh, wisconsin. he was able to walk from the wreckage, we re told, but there is word that he may need some sort of surge
for 25 years, we didn t enforce the immigration law. they came and they came and they came. we didn t enforce. all of a sudden, we re going to snap our fingers and say leave. he says having argued in court that immigration is a federal responsibility, the federal government is now obligated to reform the immigration laws. all right. wendell, what are republicans saying tonight? well, there s disappointment and surprise, shepard. most felt that the main portion of the law, the requirement that police check the immigration status of people who they arrest for other offenses and suspect they re in the country illegally would stand. now, the judge in the case, judge susan bolten was appointed to the bench by former president clinton. once the ruling is finalized, the case goes to the most liberal appeals court in the history. the nineth circuit court of appeals in san francisco and arizona senator john mccain suspects the fight won t end there. given the history of the ninth circ
me during this difficult period. it sustained us all, my blago. before the jury left to begin the work, the judge said he does not expect a speedy verdict and our blago told a spectator to say a prayer. moments later, an elderly woman hugged him and gave our blago a piece of candy. makes you warm and fuzzy, just so nice. must be so great on planet blago, mike. all this lawyering is over and now the jury has the case. how was it there on the planet today? you know, shep, the case went to the jury and the blagojevich legal team poured down into the lobby of the dirkson federal building and they gathered in front of the camera microphones and proclaimed the innocence of the former illinois governor. blagojevich wrapped himself up in faith. patty and i have great confidence in faith and their judgment and their common sense and their decency and ultimately in the final analysis, patty and
he had served eight years of a life sentence for the 1988 attack on pan am flight 103 that killed 270 people. director mueller said the f.b.i. was heavily involved in the response to the attack but not in the decision to release al-megrahi. we ve spent a great deal of time with the families investigating that case and with our colleagues overseas and generally in those cases when you spend so much time on the investigation, those who conducted the investigation are queried as to what the disposition should be. that did not happen in this case. well, the british and scottish governments may not have talked with the f.b.i. but they did talk with b.p. we re led to believe. executives at the oil company said they pushed for his release to help british business interests in libya. but they claim they had no input in the final decision to send the lockerbie bomber to that country. developing right now, the family of lorenzen wright saying the police have found the body of the former nb