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The nomination of a former prosecutor to become secretary of homeland security could reopen questions about his response to allegations of wrongdoing by a longtime government informant and reputed organized-crime associate. The claim that the nominee, Michael Chertoff, failed to rein in the informant, Stanley Myatt, was first raised in May 2003 when the ex-prosecutor was up for confirmation to the federal bench. A dispute over how to pursue the assertions, made by a conservative legal watchdog group, Judicial Watch, led six Democrats to vote "present" on the nomination in the committee. According to Judicial Watch, Myatt worked as an...

A former Hillary Clinton fundraiser who has just been extradited from Brazil is promising blockbuster revelations against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- revelations that could throw a monkeywrench into Hillary's presidential ambitions. Peter Franklin Paul, who has accused Hillary Clinton of failing to declare $2 million in campaign contributions to the Federal Election Commission, is just back in the U.S. after being extradited from Brazil and is promising to reveal fresh details of how he financed Clinton. Paul made some blistering criticisms of the Clintons to Brazil's Epoca magazine just before he was extradited. Paul was returned to the U.S....