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NPR All Things Considered By: Dina Temple-Raston Abdul Wahhab,(left) a computer technician at the Trade Bank of Iraq, was driving near Mansoor Square on Sept. 16, when he was shot in the arm, allegedly by Blackwater security guards. Ali Kahlaf Salman (right) is a traffic officer who was working in Mansoor Square in Baghdad on…

Daily Journal By: Keith Rohman Politicians, legal experts and journalists have professed to be appalled and scandalized by Hewlett Packard’s recent boardroom antics. In truth, their expressions of surprise are more akin to the reaction of Capt. Renault in “Casablanca” when he tells Rick, “I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in…

Los Angeles Times By: Patrick McGreevy The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s contracting came under increased scrutiny Tuesday as the city attorney turned to private investigators to look into possible overbilling by the public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard and as the department’s own auditors found flaws in its supervision of a contract with a…

CNN Anderson Cooper 360 COOPER: In the movie “Runaway Jury,” Gene Hackman played a ruthless consultant who’s paid to learn everything about prospective jurors, pick which ones will help his client and even blackmail them to voting his way. But how much of the movie was simply Hollywood and how much really happens? With jurors…

The New Yorker Amnesty International — Victims and Volunteers By: Ian Parker, Contributing Writer At around eleven o’clock on the night of March 10,2002, Deputy Sheriff Brian King was driving on Highway 101 near Forks, a remote, rainy town in the northwest corner of Washington, when he noticed a car stopped fifty feet down the…

Daily Journal How Do You Find a Good Investigator You Can Trust? By: Keith Rohman and Cathleen Watkins Deadlines are stacking up, the phones are ringing incessantly, and your calendar is out of control. You’d like to know more about the opposing party, but time is in short supply. A good investigator could probably uncover some useful…