Justice Department defends using 'dated' laws in gambling arrests
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High Wire Act The US Department of Justice has admitted that the 1961 Wire Act which it uses to prosecute executives of online gambling companies is "dated". The Department insists, though, that the law is sufficient for the prosecution of gambling executives.â¦
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Democrats are accusing the Justice Department of playing politics by trying to delay an inquiry into whether President Bush's New England campaign chief played a role in illegal phone-jamming on Election Day 2002.
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LONDON : Three gamblers who used a James Bond-style laser device to win over a million pounds (euros/dollars) at a London hotel casino will not face prosecution, as they did nothing illegal, police said Sunday.
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A Metropolitan Police commander defends action taken last week against crime gangs thought to be involved in child trafficking.
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U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales assured Congress in 2005 that the FBI had not abused powers granted under an anti-terrorism law despite having received reports of potential violations, The Washington Post reported in Tuesday editions.
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A federal Internet gambling ban poses threats to lawful gaming online and must be amended right away, they argue in a Capitol Hill lobbying blitz.
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When he was indicted in May, former Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman called fraud charges against him "Republican politics at its worst." But prosecutors argue their case is about cash, not votes.
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A plot to fix a horse race by doping one of the animals was among crimes alleged in a crackdown on sports gambling that has resulted in charges against 17 defendants, including three reputed mobsters, authorities said.
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The United States vowed Wednesday to defend its ban on cross-border Internet gambling by appealing a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that favored the tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua.
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The Justice Department considered political affiliation in screening applicants for immigration court judgeships for several years until hiring was frozen in December after objections from department lawyers, current and former officials said yesterday.
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Claiming national security concerns, and backed by Justice Department special counsel, the phone provider argues in federal court that a lawsuit against it for ponying up millions of phone records for a secret government data-mining program should be dismissed. Ryan Singel reports from the courthouse.
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The Justice Department on Saturday asked the Supreme Court to refrain from stepping into another First Amendment battle featuring federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and The New York Times.
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LONDON -- Sportingbet, a gambling Web site owner, said its chairman has been detained in the U.S., two months after the chief executive of BetOnSports PLC was arrested in the United States on racketeering charges.
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Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell defends plans to relax the UK's gambling laws which would lead to more casinos.
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A bill to ban online gambling in the  United States was drafted haphazardly and risks driving  millions of gamblers underground onto unregulated Web sites, a  former U.S. state attorney general said on Thursday.
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It&#39;s Friday at the Mohegan Sun casino, and most of the daytime gamblers are retirees like 73-year-old Mike Sanzo. Sanzo, who worked for the state highway department, says
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A House panel voted Thursday to crack down on the &#36;12 billion Internet gambling industry by applying federal prohibitions to games like online poker, blackjack and roulette.