It never ceases to amaze how many things still slip through the cracks in the post-9/11 era. Things like this obviously shouldn’t slip through the cracks. As Ricky Ricardo would say, the government has some “splainin to do”. By MATTHEW L. WALD New York Times WASHINGTON — At least six men suspected or convicted of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent of Texas has lost his chutzpah. The judge, who is serving a 33-month sentence in a Massachusetts federal prison for obstruction of justice for lying about sexually harassing some female employees, had initially handed in his resignation, effective June 2010. The sly move would…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s likely to take several years before the government and the trustee locate, liquidate and distribute swindler Bernie Madoff’s assets, according to a U.S. Attorney motion filed Friday morning. “Given the size and scope of the defendant’s fraud, the efforts of the Government and the SIPA (Security Investment Protection Act) Trustee…
It’s a start, but the administration has a long way to go in filling all the U.S. Attorney spots. Unfortunately, there have been so many distractions since President Obama took office. MARY ORNDORFF Birmingham News Washington correspondent WASHINGTON – Joyce Vance had solid bipartisan support to become the top federal prosecutor in the northern district…
The lucrative contract Christie approved has raised plenty eyebrows and some voices on Capitol Hill. No matter who’s right, one thing is for certain: Christie doesn’t need this type of publicity while he runs for New Jersey governor. And oh yes, Democrats would prefer this doesn’t go away. By KIMBERLY HEFLING The Associated Press WASHINGTON…
Many Arab Americans continue to see groups like Hezbollah and Hamas as freedom fighters. But the U.S. State Department continues to list them as terrorist organizations. The result has been that some supporters in the U.S. have gone off to prison. Here’s the latest case. New Jersey Star Ledger Staff A Brooklyn dentist who lives…
By Rachel Leven ticklethewire.com A rogue Atlanta police narcotics officer is headed off to prison, the result of an FBI probe into police misconduct that arose from the fatal shooting of a 92-year-old woman in a 2006 botched drug raid. Sgt. Wilbert “Pete” Stalling was sentenced late last week to 18 months in prison and…
