By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – This announcement comes under the category of: “I’m skeptical”. Some federal law enforcement agencies have been reluctant to give up information, even the simplest of information. So this is very welcome. But still, I’m attaching a wait-and-see caveat to this. Attorney Gen. Eric Holder on Thursday announced “comprehensive new…
There was little doubt that there wasn’t more corruption beyond the probe into crooked ex-state Sen. Vincent Fumo. And an FBI agent proved that point with a little courtroom theatrics. It will be interesting to see how deep this goes and whether Fumo, just convicted, will cooperate and point fingers. By Craig R. McCoy and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Newsday is reporting that a Port Jefferson Station, N.Y., man was sentenced Thursday to 18 months probation in federal court for possession of a counterfeit U.S. Marshal’s badge. The paper said that Richard Kudlik, 46, created a website in which he posed as a federeal marshal to lure woman. Kudlik could…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –If you’re looking for any inkling of bipartisanship in Washington, don’t count on the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee voted 11-7 Thursday to confirm the nomination of Dawn E. Johnsen as Office of Legal Counsel for the Justice Department. All the Republicans voted against her except for Sen. Arlen Specter…
Prosecutors are piling up charges against the woman accused of killing FBI agent Sam Hicks. Could there still be more? By Torten Ove Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — An Indiana Township woman charged with killing an FBI agent in November has been charged again in federal court with drug violations and firearms offenses. Christina Korbe, 40,…
It’s not every day the government recommends probation. In this case, it seems reasonable and it shows some compassion on the part of the government. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors yesterday told a judge that former Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada should be sentenced to probation for lying…
By PAUL LAROCCO The Press-Enterprise SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. –“Henry Hill.” San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Kyle Brodie matter-of-factly read the name Wednesday in a roll call of small-time suspects: the unlicensed driver; the work-release probationer. “No answer,” yelled the bailiff. With that, the mobster-turned-FBI informant — whose life inspired the movie epic “Goodfellas” —…
Unlike the Bush administration, A.G. Eric Holder says the Justice Department won’t go after the places that dispense marijuana legally. It makes sense. There’s higher priorities like the Mexican drug wars, which are starting to wreak havoc on our nation. By Josh Meyer and Scott Glover Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric…
