Weekend Series on History: J. Edgar Hoover Gives Kennedy and Nixon FBI Badges
Hoover Presents Nixon With FBI Badge
2009
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Prosecutors Want Harsh Sentence For Ex-Rep Jefferson: They Also Fear he May Flee Country
Jefferson Could Be Saying Goodbye for a long time/official photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors still have no faith in convicted ex-Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana. They fear he may flee the country and that he may have secretly stashed away cash in a foreign land. In a sentencing memorandum filed Friday…
Iowa’s U.S. Atty. Matthew Whitaker to Step Down
U.S. Atty. Whitaker/doj photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Des Moines U.S. Attorney Matthew G. Whitaker, a former All-American football player for the University of Iowa, has announced his resignation, effective when his successor is officially appointed. “Being United States Attorney is the greatest professional experience and honor of my life, ” Whitaker said in a…
FBI to Reconstruct Shooting Scene at Ft. Hood
The presence of the FBI shows the thoroughness of the investigation. It’s good the agency is reconstructing the shooting, but more importantly the Department of Defense needs to find better ways to detect when someone on a base or in a combat zone is displaying danger signs, no matter their rank or job. By Sharon…
Ex-Phone Co. Worker Convicted of Perjury and Lying to FBI Agents in Connection to Rogue LA Private Detective Pellicano
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The scandal involving rogue L.A. private detective Anthony Pellicano, who illegally wiretapped some of the Hollywood’s biggest stars like Sylvester Stallone, continues to show life. A Los Angeles federal jury earlier this week convicted former SBC phone company employee Joann Wiggan, 56, of Burbank, of perjury and lying to FBI agents…
Column: Former Atty. Gen. Michael Mukasey Questions Wisdom of Nixing Military Trials for Suspected Terrorists
By Michael B. Mukasey The Washington Post Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, who by his own account came to this country most recently in 2001 to help organize a second wave of attacks after the Sept. 11 atrocities, received a jail sentence on Oct. 29 that could free him within six years. This again prompts the…
Full Senate Confirms 3 More U.S. Attorneys
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The way-too slow process of confirming newly minted U.S. Attorneys around the country continued on Thursday. The full Senate confirmed Carmen M. Ortiz for U.S. Attorney in Massachusetts, Ed Tarver for the Southern District in Georgia and Benjamin Wagner for the eastern District of California, the news website Main…
Ex-NYPD Chief Bernie Kerik Falls; Pleads to 8 Felony Counts
By Allan Lengel For Sphere (a new AOL News Site) Bernard Kerik, the former police commissioner of New York City whose meteoric rise to the national spotlight was matched only by his even faster fall, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to eight felony counts that included lying to the White House and tax crimes….