Author Edward Alden talks about books by former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff and raises some legitimate questions about the direction of the sprawling agency. Is it working? Was it worth creating a whole new bureaucracy? By Edward Alden Washington Post Outlook Section In a single week last month, the U.S. government…
Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. delivered a speech in Vegas that not only focused on anti-Semitism, but also touched on the anti-Muslim sentiments in this country. It might help if both groups realized how much they had in common. By HILLARY LEILA KRIEGER Jerusalem Post Washington Correspondent US Attorney-General Eric Holder decried the continued phenomenon…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In this town of ego-excess, where power is the true currency, not money, its tough to be number one — even if you think you are. GQ magazine has weighed in with the “The 50 Most Powerful People in D.C.” Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. is ranked 13 and…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The taint of lobbyist Jack Abramoff surfaced again when a federal judge on Friday sentenced a former Bush White House official to one year in prison for lying about his ties to Abramhoff. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman sentenced David H. Safavian, former General Services Administration (GSA) Chief…
This not only was notable for its size, but for the fact it was the first time the feds got court authorized wiretaps for Wall Street hot shots. BY Jose Martinez NY DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER NEW YORK — A piggish hedge fund hotshot who ranks among the world’s richest men was charged by the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Salvatore “Sammy Bull” Gravano, the legendary mob snitch who helped convict his boss John Gotti, may get an opportunity to help John Gotti Jr. who is on trial in N.Y., according to the website Gang Land News. The website, written by mob-beat reporter Jerry Capeci, reports that the defense may call…
By The Los Angeles Times Editorial Page LOS ANGLES — For shock value, they may not rank with the videos released last month showing ACORN workers giving tax advice to a couple of undercover investigators posing as a prostitute and her pimp. But New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s covert recordings of what really goes…
