By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In an unusual sign of bipartisanship, the top Democrats and Republicans of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence introduced legislation Thursday that would allow FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III to extend his 10-year term by two years. Top ranking senators said the bill would provide a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s finally Showtime. Ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich took the stand in his own defense on Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. “I used to be governor and I’m here to tell the truth,” Blagojevich said after being sworn in, the paper reported. “In many ways, I feel very liberated — I’m ready to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A just-released Senate report on Mexico drug trafficking urges judicial and police reforms in Mexico and calls for the Obama Administration to provide more resources to its southern neighbor and to do more to starve Mexico’s drug trafficking organizations of the money that fuels them. The report, issued by The U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In Aspen, Colo., the scenic skiing area and playground for the rich, all is not well between the DEA and the local sheriff. The Aspen Times reports that the strain and distrust between the DEA and the Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo of Aspen was addressed in a private meeting Wednesday…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution fired off a letter Wednesday to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller accusing the agency of providing “incomplete and misleading” information on the 2001 anthrax attacks to the committee. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) letter focuses on the amount of “silicon” that was…
