Head of NY FBI Under Internal Investigation in Connection With an Alleged Affair With Underling and Statements About It

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., the head of the New York FBI, the agency’s largest office, is under internal investigation in connection with an alleged affair he had with an underling in management, sources familiar with the situation told ticklethewire.com., which broke the story. Demarest, who has headed the New…

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President and VP Doing a Heck of a Lot of International Travel Compared With Other Administrations

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden haven’t been shy about traveling out of the country. Mark Sullivan, the director of the U.S. Secret Service, told a Congressional panel Thursday morning that President Obama went on 31 international trips in his first year in office, a “significant increase…

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Feds Indict 2 Computer Programmers for Madoff

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Bernie Madoff’s house of cards continues to crumble. Two computer programmers for Madoff’s investment firm– George Perez and Jerome O’Hara — were indicted Wednesday in New York on charges of conspiracy and falsifying records. Authorities charged that the men helped dupe the Securities and Exchange Commission and a European accounting firm…

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Senate Passes Bill to Lessen Sentences for Crack Cocaine

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A bill that lessens the sentencing disparity between crack and powdered cocaine sailed through the Senate Wednesday night, the website Main Justice reported. The Fair Sentencing Act establishes an 18-to-1 sentencing ratio for crack and powder cocaine offenses as opposed to the current 100-to-1 ratio. In other words, a…

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