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More than a decade before explosive revelations about Cardinal Bernard F. Law’s handling of abuse allegations against Catholic priests led him to resign in disgrace, the Boston archbishop was held in such high esteem by President George H.W. Bush that he was vetted for a possible presidential appointment, according to Law’s FBI file. The redacted FBI file, made public in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, includes several death threats against Law dating back to the 1980s, and suggests that agents conducted interviews in spring 2004 — two years after the pivotal Boston Globe Spotlight series — related to the Catholic church’s clergy abuse scandal. The FBI has posted the content of Law’s file on its online archive; the agency declined Tuesday to say when it was published or who filed the request to make the documents public.
The Boston Globe
A federal magistrate will weigh a request that would force the U.S. government to disclose details about more than 1,400 private entities including hospitals and universities that have received access to parts of the government's terrorist watchlist.
The News & Advance
A veteran IRS employee has been charged with leaking the banking records of President Trump's onetime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, to Michael Avenatti, the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. John C. Fry, 54, was charged with one count of unlawful disclosure of information obtained from so-called Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and was released on $50,000 bond after appearing in federal court in San Francisco.
Fox News
A federal judge hit Roger Stone with a full gag order on Thursday, several days after the longtime Donald Trump associate posted a photo on Instagram that appeared to threaten the federal judge overseeing his case.
Politico
A bill proposed by a Missouri state senator would close several lawmaker emails and other records from public access. Sen. Ed Emery on Tuesday pitched the bill to a Senate committee. The Lamar Republican's proposal comes after voters in November approved a constitutional amendment making lawmaker records subject to the Sunshine Law. That law allows the public access to government records. Emery's bill would close any lawmaker record related to a constituent. It also would block access to any record with information on proposed legislation or the "legislative process."
Southeast Missourian
The Justice Department is not usually shy about publicizing alleged terrorism plots that it uncovers in the United States. This week, however, news broke of a violent extremist plot in the United States that court documents chillingly noted would have led to the “murder of innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country.” Outside of the court filings, however, the Justice Department did not say a word. Normally, when an alleged terrorist plot is uncovered in the U.S., the Justice Department issues a press release to let the public know about their successful investigation — even in cases that at first glance appear to be much less serious than an extremist who had already put together their own hit list and weapons cache. In this case, however, there was no such release.
The Intercept
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"The FBI has posted the content of Law’s file on its online archive; the agency declined Tuesday to say when it was published or who filed the request to make the documents public."
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