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December 2, 2010

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Feds Probing Cases of Fed Judge Who Had Relation with Stripper and Drugs

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By Allan Lengel For AOL News Now comes more fallout from the federal judge in Atlanta who pleaded guilty last month to buying drugs for a felon — a stripper — he was having an affair with after meeting her at the Goldrush Showbar. U.S. Attorney Sally Quillen Yates announced in Atlanta Thursday that her…

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Milwaukee FBI Agent Credited With Bringing Down King of Spam

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI agent from Milwaukee is credited with taking down the “king of spam”, the Associated Press is reporting. Authorities say he allegedly generated 10 billion unwanted emails a day. The suspected spam king, Oleg Nikolaenko, 23, of Russia, was arrested last month during a visit to Las Vegas, AP reported….

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Ex-New Orleans Cop Gets 8 Years For Role in Danziger Bridge Shootings of Civilians

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former New Orleans cop Michael Hunter was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for covering up and participating in the shootings on the infamous Danziger Bridge of unarmed citizens days after Katrina hit. Two civilians died and four were wounded. In one of the more disgraceful chapters in the police…

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Column: Feds Drop Tainted Star Witness In Politicized NJ Witch-Hunt

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Andrew Kreig is Executive Director of the Justice Integrity Project. Kreig has two decades experience as an attorney and non-profit executive in Washington, DC and is an author and longtime investigative reporter. By Andrew Kreig The Justice Department is dropping its disreputable star witness in the latest trial of the 46-defendant “Bid Rig III” corruption…

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Nine Busted in Largest PCP Seizure in DEA History

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nine people have been busted in what authorities in Houston say is DEA’s largest seizure of the narcotic PCP in its history. Authorities said it had seized 57 gallons of the drug which goes by street names including angel dust and rocket fuel. A grand jury indicted the nine people last…

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Democratic Senator Threatens to Put Confirmation of DEA’s Michele Leonhart on Hold

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– The long winding road to confirmation as head of the DEA ain’t over yet for Michele Leonhart, who won the approval of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. She has been acting head of the agency since 2007 and must still win approval of the full Senate. Evan Perez…

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President Nominates Christopher Thyer for U.S. Attorney in Ark.

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday nominated Christopher R. Thyer, a former state lawmaker, for the U.S. Attorney post in the Eastern District of Arkansas. According to a White House press release, Thyer has been a partner at Stanley & Thyer in Jonesboro, Ark., since 2007. Before that, he was a…

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Authorities Break Ground for New FBI Office in Portland

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal and local officials broke ground Wednesday for a new $60 million, four-story FBI field office in Portland, Ore., The Oregonian newspaper reported. It is third FBI field in the  nation under construction. The new office is part of an effort by the FBI to update offices and make them more…

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