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### The FBI Seeks…But Will Not Find

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 21 2018.

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## [Cost of Protecting Betsy DeVos: $20 Million](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16596:cost-of-protecting-betsy-devos-20-million&catid=312)

Since then, she has had a special detachment of U.S. Marshalls giving her round-the-clock protection. Other cabinet secretaries have encountered pro…

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Written by James Preston Allen on November 21 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 21 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on November 21 2018.

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Written by Jerry Roberts & Phil Trounstine on November 21 2018.

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Written by Abby Zimet on November 21 2018.

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Written by Daniel Guss on November 21 2018.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on November 21 2018.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on November 21 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 21 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on November 16 2018.

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Written by Laurel Rosenhall and Judy Lin on November 15 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 15 2018.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on November 15 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 15 2018.

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Written by Casey Maddren on November 15 2018.

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Written by Abby Zimet on November 15 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on November 15 2018.

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