This perplexing development is a blow to the DEA’s war on drugs and is a further sign of the deteriorating relationship between the U.S. and Bolivia. Will any other South American nations follow? By Chris Kraul Los Angeles Times LA PA, Bolivia — The last U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents left Bolivia on Thursday after…
This office has an alum list of whos who including Sen. Charles Schumer,Rudy Guiliani, Rep. Charles Rangel and former FBI director Louis Freeh. Not a bad list. By BENJAMIN WEISER New York Times When a longtime federal prosecutor, Cathy Seibel, was sworn in as a federal judge last month, the onlookers included many former colleagues…
By P. SOLOMON BANDA Associated Press Writer DENVER-A Colorado man has been indicted on charges of threatening to kill President Barack Obama and blow up the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis. A federal grand jury in Denver handed up the indictment Tuesday against 20-year-old Timothy Ryan Gutierrez of Cortez, in southwestern Colorado. The U.S….
The fall out from disgraced N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s indiscretions continued to play out Thursday. By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press Writer NEW YORK –– A college student who managed the prostitution ring that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was sentenced Thursday to six months in prison. Cecil Suwal, 24, of New York,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A senior staffer for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) pleaded guilty Thursday in Northern Virginia to receipt of child pornography. Jeff Rosato,32, of Arlington, faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of 20 years, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Alexandria. Sentencing is set for May…
