UPDATED: DEA And Secret Service Agents Charged With Money Laundering And Wire Fraud (DEA Agent Also With Theft Of Government Property And Conflict Of Interest) Allegedly Committed Investigating Notorious "Silk Road" Dark Web Black-Market Drug / Other Contraband Bitcoin Sales Site Founder

     Wednesday, 1 April 2015, NEW YORK, NY - The United States government Monday in San Francisco federal court criminally charged DEA Special Agent Carl Mark Force IV and Secret Service Agent Shaun W. Bridges with unlawfully enriching themselves while conducting an undercover investigation of the founder Ross W. Ulbricht allegedly aka "Dread Pirate Roberts" of the popular notorious virtually untraceable Silk Road dark web black-market website infamous for its equally virtually untraceable sales by a thousand drug dealers of hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs to 100,000 buyers and other contraband also with equally virtually untraceable Bitcoin currency sales transactions often delivering such items by mail right to people's doors according to a former FBI agent interviewed on CNN's "Inside Man" who related that shortly after the site was shut down in 2013 it simply re-emerged shortly thereafter as Silk Road II. DEA Special Agent Force resigned in 2014 and Secret Service Agent Bridges in March 2015 both upon learning they were under investigation by the U.S. government for corruption.
     Following a Manhattan-based investigation site founder Mr. Ulbricht was charged and despite maintaining his innocence in ongoing operations of Silk Road except being pulled back in as a "fall guy" was convicted last month on "numerous" counts according to the New York Times article linked to below with upcoming sentencing at which he faces life in prison. While Mr. Ulbricht's attorney contends that the charges brought by the U.S. government against its own recently resigned agents undermine the government's case brought against Mr. Ulbricht the U.S. government contends that the criminally charged DEA and Secret Service Agents worked out of a Baltimore-based task force while the Manhattan-based investigation proceeded on an "separate and independent" track.
     Although Mr. Ulbricht's attorney complained that the U.S. government had not revealed the extent of its DEA and Secret Service Agents' alleged corruption during the investigation the Court ruled that evidence of it could be kept out of Mr. Ulbricht's trial on charges still pending from the allegedly "separate and independent" track of the Baltimore task force investigation as the Court ruled the charges related only to U.S. government agents' corruption.
     The criminal complaint unsealed in San Francisco federal court Monday alleged that U.S. DEA Agent Force in the course of the investigation "stole and converted to his personal use a sizable amount of Bitcoins," the currency used in the undercover investigation, totaling at least $778,000. "Rather than turning the Bitcoin over to the government, Force deposited them into his own personal accounts." DEA Agent Force also in addition to allegedly attempting to extort $250,000 from Dread Pirate Roberts upon telling him he was a U.S. government agent did in fact allegedly receive a $50,000 payment from Dread Pirate Roberts for providing him with allegedly "inside" law enforcement information. Meanwhile the federal government charged in its unsealed San Francisco complaint that its Secret Service Agent Bridges a computer forensics expert diverted more than $800,000 to his own personal account in the course of the undercover investigation.
       Readers interested in more information can refer to the link to the New York Times article below which itself contains details of and a link to more information of the concluded case against Mr. Ulbricht as well as a link to a copy of the U.S. government complaint unsealed Monday in San Francisco federal court against its former DEA Agent Force and Special Service Agent Bridges who maintain their innocence.
      [UPDATED] In the newly added second link below readers may find further details from the complaint unsealed in San Francisco including some of the scenes playing out behind the scenes regarding the undercover investigation including its impacts on the case brought in New York federal court against Mr. Ulbricht resulting in his conviction on several counts for which as mentioned above he may face life in prison.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/nyregion/silk-road-case-federal-agents-charges.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

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BREAKING NEWS MANHATTAN: U.S. Drone Reportedly Crashes In Manhattan (After Government Gas Runs Out) Picked Up By Curious Bystander Who Examines Photocard

       Thursday, 3 October 2013, MANHATTAN- CBS Television News reported that just over SEVENTEEN HOURS AGO, when mostly freshman United States Representatives and their idiot House loser leader Boehner along with lost Senate Republican freshman prodigy Ted Cruz (no known relation to the actor) cut of the money for all Americans' headwear just as flu season started, cut off the temporary funds to keep the government afloat with temporary money, and forced the entire United States to stop work and defer paying millions of its Federal employees sending most of them home with no pay for the coming weeks. The Congress is not believed to have chosen to do the same to itself. Meanwhile as we prepared for press reports began coming in from CBS-TV news in New York that a (nonexistent) drone has crashed on a busy street (are they not all) in Manhattan? No government gas.
       Except the really important adolescents who work for the National Security Agencies and those who pack lox lunches and dinners for the generally heavier old Republicans before they go home and pat themselves on the back, Senator Cruz reportedly was either delirious or under the influence of borderline "brain death". Not unlike his beloved protege lame duck Texas "Village Idiot" Rick "Payback" Perry had been at the now infamous Republican nationally televised "Perry brain freeze". Whatever the case Cruz is a Senator with high hopes in the Republican party for carrying the mantle of the "Tea Party Republicans" boldly into the fully forseeable budget disaster which awaits us all.
       Although frugal California Governor Jerry Brown has not ever even been known to set foot in his "California" limo or mothballed "mansion", Texas Brain Duck Governor George "little shrub" Perry could be seen to once again shed a crocodile tear as Bush gleefully loaded his laser-sighted six shooter with some extra bullets in his mouth for good luck. "Better bullets than bandaids" the really extremely  short Perry reportedly quipped as he accidentally clipped a tree beside his beloved Labrador and sent his bodyguards diving for cover from his errant bullets which could have bought vaccine for a whole clinic.
       As reported here some weeks ago the relatively tiny and shrinking number of Texas "Tea Party" dupes see Perry idiot protege Senator Steve Cruz as the flag bearer of the "Tea Party" mantle that confused ignorant hope for salvation, having squandered earlier money on nonexistent coyote problems and boldly living out the fantasy of the "Tea Party King". (Some of those American Republicans sure do like Kings, like George of England.) They know on which side their toast is dusted.
       So Senator Cruz finally last night had to be physically escorted from the House of Representatives reminded that he is a big Senator now but NOT also a Congressional Republican Representative who does NOT get to vote twice to dump our Nation's living and eating money as might have been expected by this latest disastrous Republican financial "hero of ruin".
       And just the most recent Republican to take the Country down the sewer drain amidst fear, stupidity and recrimination. The most memorable last financial disaster of a sick fear-mongering Republican, well that would of course be just another long-time dope addict's run taking the Country along on the road to financial ruin was Republican star Senator McCarthy. As Cruz quivered wondering what next Mengelian medical research hare-brained scheme Republicans (many of whom are too stupid to marticulate from an accredited United States Law School and in any case not be able to succeed on their medical boards without a good deal of  grease-fillled Republican hand-squeezing).
      At least Senator Cruz can take comfort that he is not the only one in over his had as clearly now after his SECOND totally failed chance to divert further compounding of Republican-created disasters in a totally bad faith disingenuous last minute call unbelievably AGAIN to meet with President Obama TWENTY MINUTES before they lock up the government BOEHNER a COUPLE YEARS LATER STILL WANTS TO BE PLAYING with dredging up decades of yet more new dead old issues in a desperate attempt to run down the clock. The United States does not just have to close up the public restroom here and say, phew! that was a close one.
       And they even try to make the Republicans look like someone's heroes? Who their mothers? Do the Republicans WHO CAN ALWAYS SEE THE DOCTOR WHENEVER THEY WANT really believe that for making sure that the Americans' long ago duly fully legally passed universal health care is further diverted while these Speaker Boehner and fellow turkey Republicans play cock-a-doodle-doo with the real hard-working Americns' need for life and death health care now is going to make them some kind of heroes for thinking up stupid old lies as fast they can to kill off the people who voted for them?
       Now that is over how about a litttle time to go out and get a little cash in the palms, eh eh? Heck, their voters can wait all day in the emergency room for basic medical care (paid for by the State not the Feds mind you readers) for a while longer just like always (and probably catch something far worse while they are waiting in that germ pit.)
       No dice for the hot shot Republicans until after they have gone round and gotten paid off by all their insurance company pals and the people THOSE REPUBLICANS REALLY REPRESENT. We know they will be going to see their doctors in the morning, getting paid their Congressional salaries and honorariums and a little of this and a little of that just a small gift oh just fine, and sitting down for a nice steak dinner for lunch before they go to sleep with a job well -- NOT done. But just that one last thing must be sure to collect the dues BEFORE the pressure is off, right?  Oh yes indeed it is business as usual in the Grand Old Party, just do not get stomped on (or worse) by that big old elephant. . . . . Because we will sure want to see you still when we need next need you.

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