Other federal agencies such as the U.S. Customs Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation use dogs to find contraband, cocaine or criminals.
The government said Federal Bureau of Investigation agents use GPS tracking devices in thousands of investigations each year.
If you have to have your memory refreshed with your report more than a couple of times (or at all in a simple case), cannot articulate your methods of investigation, use an inordinate number of vocalized pauses, allow yourself to get flustered, or just generally look like a dunce, the defense attorney has successfully tacked you on a cross.
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He said pressure on the Assad regime has been an obstacle to a fair U.N. investigation of the use of chemical weapons.
Another commissioner resigned during the investigation of the use of political influence to gain approval of a medical device that was subsequently withdrawn.
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Clemens has denied using performance-enhancing drugs, and in 2012, a federal jury acquitted him of lying to Congress during an investigation of steroid use.
This proliferation is also forming the backdrop against which the United Nations is conducting an investigation of UAV use in counter-terrorism operations in order to determine, according to special investigator for the U.N.
The five-year-old steroids issue that's been plaguing Major League Baseball, was all laid out in excruciating legalistic detail by it's namesake, former U.S. Senator (and federal prosecutor) George Mitchell, who led the investigation into player use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Part of the long-running and hugely expensive federal investigation into steroid use in baseball included the prosecution of Barry Bonds, who was convicted on one of four counts last year, an obstruction of justice violation that resulted in a sentence of 30 days of house arrest that Bonds is appealing.
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Major league baseball has launched an investigation into alleged steroid use among its players.
Finmeccanica's board named Alessandro Pansa as CEO after his predecessor, Giuseppe Orsi, was arrested in an investigation into the possible use of bribery to win a helicopter contract in India.
On Thursday, the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) published the findings of a year-long investigation that claimed the use of banned substances such as growth stimulants was "widespread" among professional athletes across a range of sports there.
The White House supports an independent investigation of the FBI's failure to disclose the use of pyrotechnic devices during the siege and has made its support for such an investigation known to Reno, a senior administration official tells CNN.
"The United States supports an investigation that pursues any and all credible allegations of the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, and underscores the importance of launching this investigation as swiftly as possible, " she said in a statement.
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Carney reiterated U.S. support for a United Nations-led investigation into possible chemical weapons use in Syria, noting the Syrian government so far has blocked such a probe.
And the President will -- is eager to know the findings of this investigation, and we will use those findings to make any of these decisions moving forward.
The FM also floated the possibility that the Children's Commissioner could use his powers to carry out an investigation, with Peter Clarke's 'Clywch' inquiry as a precedent.
The bottom line of our investigation is that some multinationals use our current tax system to engage in shams and gimmicks to avoid paying the taxes they owe.
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She could be placed under formal investigation for the decision to use arbitration, against advice from senior advisers, to settle a long-running court battle between the state and Mr Tapie, a supporter of the then French President, Nicolas Sarkozy.
Naturally, the video shot around trading floors across the world making Kiely a mini-celebrity on YouTube and something of an embarrassment for Macquarie Bank, which is said to have sent him home pending an investigation, supposedly of improper use of company technology.
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In one of the complaints, Motorola has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to launch an investigation into Apple's alleged use of the patents.
Other allegations uncovered by the investigation included residents being told to use incontinence pads because a staff shortage meant they could not be helped to the toilet.
They're stepping up the investigation of folks, employers, that use undocumented workers as a business model and that means intentionally, knowingly, willfully bringing in undocumented workers.
The USA PATRIOT Act expanded the purpose of National Security Letters (NSL) to allow government agencies to use them to request any data relevant to an investigation of terrorism or an intelligence activity without court oversight.
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HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of some of the weapons worldwide until an investigation can determine their safety, officials said Tuesday.
This statement would confirm that Ofcom felt the BSkyB takeover would harm plurality and should be passed to the Competition Commission - but would also say that News Corp would be given an opportunity to come up with remedies (or undertakings in lieu, to use the jargon), to prevent the Commission investigation.
It can also provide likely e-mail address, phone numbers and personal Web sites--and then use this information to add a new layers to the investigation.
Kelly built up an insurmountable lead over her 14 opponents in a low turnout race to replace Jackson, who resigned amid a federal corruption investigation and earlier this month agreed to plead guilty to certain charges in an investigation into his spending campaign money for personal use.
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It is thought the investigation into the two reported incidents of baton use, on Mr Tomlinson who later died of a heart attack on 1 April and on the protester the following day, will focus on whether guidelines on appropriate force were followed within the police kettles.
More than two dozen people were convicted as part of a probe that made extensive use of wiretaps for the first time in a white-collar investigation.
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