From outward appearances, the defense sounds fairly lame. On another point, it’s amazing how many times the FBI has been able to successfully pull off this type of sting with cops around the country. In Detroit, in the 1990s, the FBI used this sting and busted a number of cops along with the mayor’s common-law…
Here’s a little explosive news. These are the things agents know can harm a case. In this case, so far, this sexual relationship hasn’t derailed the conviction. But we’ll see on appeal. By New Orleans Times-Picayune Staff Federal Judge T.S. Ellis III today denied former Rep. William Jefferson’s request for a new trial. The request…
The question is: Did Al Capone leave behind any bootleg liquor? It has got to be an interesting home — certainly more so than the ones being built these days. By ROBERT IMRIE Associated Press Writer WAUSAU, Wis. — The buyer of a scenic property in northern Wisconsin will get more than just its bar…
There’s no way getting around the fact that the selection of a U.S. Attorney remains highly politicized. It seems there must be a way to minimize that. Unfortunately, no one has found one — or seems to want to find one. Rep. John Lewis/ gov photo By EVAN PEREZ and DOUGLAS A. BLACKMON The Wall…
Whatever really happened, it’s not good for the U.S. Capitol Police image. Some charges were dropped but the officer still faces some others. By Ruben Castaneda Washington Post Staff Writer U.S. Capitol Police Officer Victor E. Bryant and his girlfriend, Angela Montgomery, checked into a room at the Hampton Inn in National Harbor one afternoon…
This is getting messy. Did the FBI lose a great informant or did it finally get rid of one who hurt the agency far more than he helped it? And the more that comes to light in the case, more serious it seems. BY Elizabeth Hays and Helen Kennedy DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS NEW YORK…
This certainly can’t be the only potential presidential election violation that has gone unnoticed up until now. But will the feds uncover more? By Timothy J. Burger Bloomberg Federal investigators are probing whether a local union president at a Pennsylvania U.S. Energy Department laboratory improperly helped President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign on government time by…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is going all out to retrieve weapons and equipment stolen from an agent’s car in the northwest sector of Indianapolis earlier in the week. Michael S. Welch, special agent in charge of the Indianapolis office, announced that the bureau was offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information…
