Under the category of “You’ve Got To Be Kidding” comes the latest: Illegal immigrants cleaned Homeland Sec. Michael Chertoff’s home. By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Every few weeks for nearly four years, the Secret Service screened the IDs of employees for a Maryland cleaning company before they entered the house…
Russ Knocke Department of Homeland Security spokesman WASHINGTON — Every contractor in the United States has the responsibility of ensuring their workers are legal. As customers, the Chertoffs obtained assurances from Mr. Reid that any personnel he dispatched to their home were authorized to work in the United States. As soon as the Chertoffs learned…
The prevailing wisdom is that Eric Holder will be confirmed as the new Attorney General come early 2009. But the prevailing wisdom is also that some Republicans will give him a hard time over the pardon of the infamous Marc Rich. By J. Taylor Rushing The Hill WASHINGTON — Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), the ranking…
Another senseless tragedy for the FBI. The only upside for the bureau: the men in the robbery were convicted Wednesday. By Matthew Reilly The Newark Star-Ledger TRENTON, N.J. — Three young New Brunswick men, whose bank robbery spree ended in an incident in which FBI agent Barry Lee Bush was shot and killed by another…
No surprise, the Bush administration is reluctant to share classified legal opinions from the Office of Legal Counsel with the Obama team. The big question is: how can they really justify it? Joe Palazzolo Legal Times WASHINGTON — A senior Justice Department official said Tuesday that “99.8 percent” of the department’s work with President-elect Barack…
Did ICE agents use excessive force? An advocacy group says yes. BY TRENTON DANIEL Miami Herald MIAMI— A coalition of immigrant advocates is demanding that the U.S. attorney’s office in Miami investigate the arrests of dozens of Mexicans and Guatemalans taken into custody as undocumented immigrants last month during a raid targeting a separate group…
