By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Convicted D.C. area sniper John Allen Muhammad, who went on a killing spree in 2002, terrorizing the Washington region and sending local and federal law enforcement on a wild manhunt, has a date with death. Prince William County Circuit Judge Mary Grace O’Brien in Northern Virginia on Wednesday set…
All across the country candidates are emerging for the many U.S. Attorney posts that need to be filled. In Washington, D.C., former federal prosecutor Ronald Machen has emerged as the likely person to become the next U.S. Attorney, according to the Washington Post. The position is currently being filled by interim U.S. Attorney Phillip Channing,…
It was reassuring to hear the head of the FBI say there is no imminent security threat tied to the latest raids in New York and the FBI activity in Denver. On another subject, Mueller did essentially confirm a report that the FBI and ATF still need to correct some problems involving cooperation. No surprise…
Poor billionaire Allen Stanford. Assets frozen, stuck behind bars. Now he’s getting a federal public defender. Some people think public defenders provide second-rate legal representation. But truth be told, federal defenders around the country generally have a very good reputation and often provide better representation than some highly paid attorneys. Brenda Sapino Jeffreys Texas Lawyer…
How can you battle the violent drug cartels when you have police departments that are powerless and underfunded like this? The Mexican president hopes to change some of this. We’ll see if he can pull this off. By Chris Hawley Arizona Republic Mexico City Bureau URAUPAN, Mexico — One of the police station’s doors is…
The color coded alerts that were meant to help Americans became almost meaningless and were the subject of many jokes. This is a good time to change this. And it’s a good thing a bipartisan task force is looking at this. This town needs more bipartisan cooperation. By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer…
Hopefully in short time we’ll get a clearer picture as to what was going on here. Meanwhile, the New York Daily News reports that the FBI is mad at the New York Police for conducting raids and blowing the investigation before more could be learned. Click here to learn more on that. By James Gordon…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Slowly but surely, U.S. Attorneys are being confirmed. On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed six more including Daniel Bogden, the Nevada U.S. Attorney who was fired in 2006 during the controversial purge of U.S. Attorneys who didn’t fall in line with the Bush administration’s mindset. Other U.S. Attorneys confirmed included…
