■ UNITED STATES
Director gets jail time
John McTiernan, the Hollywood director behind such blockbuster action films as Die Hard and Predator, was sentenced to four months in prison on Monday for lying to federal agents. McTiernan was one of seven defendants who pleaded guilty in connection with the conspiracy and racketeering case of disgraced celebrity detective Anthony Pellicano, who was charged with using illegal wiretaps and illicit database searches. McTiernan, 56, pleaded guilty last April to making knowingly false statements to FBI agents investigating Pellicano when he denied having asked Pellicano to wiretap producer Charles Roven.
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