Say the words “witness protection program” and you think of federal informants living quiet lives with new identities in podunk locales. For anybody who saw the movie Goodfellas, you’re reminded of ...

Earley, an Edgar fact-crime award winner for Circumstantial Evidence, and Shur present a fascinating third-person account of Shur's 25-year career with the Department of Justice. Starting out as a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN REPORT)--- The U.S. Marshal Service had been 'unable to locate' two former participants in the federal Witness Security Program 'identified as known or suspected terrorists,' ...

Bantam. 359 pp. $26.95 In 1961, a young attorney named Gerald Shur enlisted in the Kennedy Justice Department's campaign against organized crime. Shur was eventually instrumental first in designing ...

"Should you ever be accused of terrorism, here's what you should do," says Spencer Ackerman at Wired: "Snitch on your friends, demand to be placed under witness protection, then fly out of the country ...

Several known terrorists in the Department of Justice witness protection program were allowed on commercial flights even though they were on the “no-fly” list intended to help track and restrict their ...

U.S. officials lost track of two suspected terrorists after they were given cover in the federal witness protection program, according to a bombshell report. In July, the U.S. Marshals Service said it ...