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Former Chiefs player reaps reward in whistleblower case
A pharmaceutical distributor has settled a federal anti-kickback lawsuit by agreeing, in part, to pay $760,000 to former Kansas City Chiefs player Dan Saleaumua ... (more)

Nathan Garrett receives Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for past counterterrorism successes at the Department of Justice
Attorney General Eric Holder recognizes 303 Department of Justice employees for their distinguished public service today at the 58th Annual Attorney General Awards Ceremony. Fifty-five other individuals outside of the department are also honored for their work... (more)

Groups' Reflexive Rhetoric Ignores Facts
The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and their ideological allies have called FBI searches of people suspected of supporting terrorist organizations in Chicago and Minneapolis "fishing expeditions" that trample the rights of innocent people... (more)

Hearsay: When information becomes evidence
During a stint in Dallas, then-federal prosecutor Nathan Garrett worked on the case against five men connected with the Holy Land Foundation. The men were convicted last year on charges they funneled more than $12 million to the Palestinian group Hamas... (more)

Ethics Commission under fire after 'scolding' by attorney general
The attorney general's office slapped the commission for what it called its flagrant neglect of freedom of speech rights in attempting to enforce a confidentiality statute... (more)

Ethics commission charges against whistleblower heard
A campaign consultant faced a Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission meeting Wednesday in Topeka on charges that he provided the press with details of a complaint he filed with the commission about a rival’s possible misuse of campaign finances... (more)