William Jefferson was already in financial straights before this. He bounced plenty checks and ran up credit cards. Now he and his family face some tough times ahead with the jury’s latest finding. By Bruce Alpert and Jonathan Tilove New Orleans Times-Picayune William Jefferson, the former Democratic congressman convicted of 11 of 16 counts of…
FBI Agent Debra Mack By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Debra Mack, the first African American female to head the FBI Mobile, Ala., office, is stepping down under a cloud of controversy. WKRG tv reports that Mack had been the subject of a two-year internal investigation involving a high ranking local politician. A source tells…
It has come down to this. John Edwards, once a viable candidate for president has fallen very far from grace. Now he’s got his former mistress going before a grand jury investigating his campaign finances. Maybe it’s just bad karma to get a $400 haircut during a campaign where you voice concern about poverty. By…
Ronald Kessler has written an interesting book on the Secret Service. Inside the agency, some people aren’t very happy about it and have expressed disappointment that some former agents have opened up and talked. The following is an excerpt of the book “In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes With Agents in the Line…
Few have forgotten her attempt on President Ford’s life 34 years ago. And few have forgotten that name “Squeaky”. Maybe she’ll get a new nickname once she’s on the outside. Pres. Ford Demian Bulwa and John Koopman San Francisco Chronicle Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, the waif-like Charles Manson follower who tried to shoot President Gerald Ford…
Ex-Prosecutor Richard Convertino continues to stir the mud in the Detroit U.S. Attorney’s Office where he had become a divisive figure. Ex-Prosecutor Convertino By Paul Egan Detroit News DETROIT — A federal prosecutor identified as a possible source of a newspaper leak has gone to court to try to stop Richard Convertino from reading e-mails…
Not everyone in this dangerous gang had the public profile of a criminal. In fact, one ran a car detail shop. Another was an administrator for a management firm. Another was a mortgage broker and supposedly a law student. Reporter Van Smith of the Baltimore City Paper details how some gang members sought legitimacy in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Like a run of the mill drug dealer, he hid cash in the freezer. Like a run of the mill drug dealer, he used cryptic code words in conversations. In one instance, he used the words “African Art” when referring to a cash bribe to an African official. Like…
