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Offline bijou

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Police search New York newspaper circulation offices
« on: November 18, 2009, 01:58:01 PM »


The New York Police Department executed search warrants Tuesday at some offices of The New York Times, The New York Daily News, The New York Post and El Diario newspapers and at a labor union, with authorities saying they were conducting investigations into "business activity."
Local media reports categorized the action as searches of the newspapers' circulation offices in connection with an investigation of the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers' Union of New York.
Deputy Police Commissioner Paul J. Browne confirmed the searches to CNN but neither he nor other city officials would elaborate on the investigation or discuss Tuesday's actions.
District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said in a statement, "Today police officers executed search warrants obtained by the District Attorney's office at locations including the offices of a number of print media organizations and a labor union. ...

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/17/new.york.circulation.raids/
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Re: Police search New York newspaper circulation offices
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2009, 03:20:04 PM »
Is it coincidence that the NYT recently decided to move some of their staff to Florida? 
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Re: Police search New York newspaper circulation offices
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2009, 03:29:05 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on November 18, 2009, 03:20:04 PM
Is it coincidence that the NYT recently decided to move some of their staff to Florida? 
Officially that was for tax reasons, but there could be another agenda there. What would be the benefit in this scenario?
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Re: Police search New York newspaper circulation offices
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2009, 03:31:50 PM »
Quote from: bijou on November 18, 2009, 03:29:05 PM
Officially that was for tax reasons, but there could be another agenda there. What would be the benefit in this scenario?

Move them away for their own protection from the union mobs?
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Re: Police search New York newspaper circulation offices
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2009, 03:34:45 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on November 18, 2009, 03:31:50 PM
Move them away for their own protection from the union mobs?
I hadn't thought of that. Still I don't suppose we will find out the truth from the NYT anytime soon.
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Re: Police search New York newspaper circulation offices
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2009, 04:28:02 PM »
Quote from: bijou on November 18, 2009, 03:34:45 PM
I hadn't thought of that. Still I don't suppose we will find out the truth from the NYT anytime soon.

Yeah, I would hazard a guess that the NYT would be about the LAST place you would want to look, to get the real story on this one.
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Re: Police search New York newspaper circulation offices
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2009, 09:38:51 PM »
Looksl ike they may have a RICO case going.
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Re: Police search New York newspaper circulation offices
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2009, 11:29:53 PM »
Quote from: Airwolf on November 18, 2009, 09:38:51 PM
Looksl ike they may have a RICO case going.

Either that or their support of terrorist activities would also be a possibility.
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Re: Police search New York newspaper circulation offices
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2009, 08:40:16 AM »
The NY Times should have been raided under President Bush to find any information on the security leaks they published at the time.  Maybe this has something to do with the leaks that 0Bama has complained about with regards to Afghanistan.
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