Suspect Bruce Ivins Bruce Ivins was named the sole suspect, but not everyone is convinced of that. The question is will the review of the science in the case shed some light on Ivins? It would be nice if it did. By Dan Vergano USA TODAY WASHINGTON — A year and a day after the…
A verdict is not likely to come until at least Wednesday, and it could take longer. It’s a complicated case and at least a few counts are likely to trigger some spirited conversation during deliberations, which resume Tuesday. UPDATE: 7 p.m. Wednesday: The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that the jury failed to reach a verdict…
It’s nice to leave mark in your life. Jim Ingram did just that. By Jerry Mitchell Jackson Clarion-Ledger JACKSON, Miss. — Retired FBI agent Jim Ingram, who investigated civil rights killings and once led the state’s Department of Public Safety, died Sunday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 77. On his death…
By Rachel Leven ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors say George Jacobsen went far beyond the boundaries of freedom of speech with his MSN Internet group that focused on killing Stockton, Calif. Police officers. A federal indictment charged the former Stockton resident with creating and managing the MSN group “Ways2KillAStocktonPolice Officer” and “StocktonCityWatch”, which included postings of threatening…
With all that’s going on in this country — terrorism threats, mortgage fraud, political corruption — it’s not a bad idea for the Justice Dept. to drop this as a high priority. By Josh Gerstein Politico President Barack Obama’s Justice Department has quietly agreed to move a pornography prosecution out of socially conservative Montana to…
This certainly won’t put an end to the drug violence, but any bust that possibly involves the Mexican drug cartels is good. By Ruben Vives Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Four men were taken into federal custody this morning after a raid on a gun-trafficking ring that may be tied to a Mexican drug…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 21-year-old Texas man man who pleaded guilty in May to sending emails threatening the life of President Obama eight days before the inauguration, will get 10 months of probation under house arrest, the Associated Press reported. A Denver judge on Friday gave Timothy Ryan Gutierrez the sentence that also included…
Have we gone overboard in providing protection for society’s notables? Washington Post columnist David Ignatius suggests we have. By David Ignatius Washington Post Columnist WASHINGTON — It was an unsettling image: Arrayed in front of the neighborhood barbershop last week were four burly men with the characteristic earpieces and bulky suits that marked them as…
