It’s been a while since we’ve heard of any law enforcement operations setting up a sting like this. By Clarence Williams Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — D.C. police and federal agents announced Thursday the arrest of more than 40 people on felony weapons and drug charges as the result of a seven-month undercover operation….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The death on Wednesday of Mexican drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva, who claimed to be the “boss of bosses”, may be a big victory for the Mexican and American governments, but it certainly won’t spell the end to the violent grip the cartels have on the country. In fact,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An FBI contract linguist with top security clearance, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to providing classified documents to an Internet blog, which published some of the information. Shamai Kedem Leibowitz, 39, of Silver Spring, Md., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., to disclosing to an…
It’s taken a while to get to this point, and frankly, it wouldn’t hurt to speed up the process. Each U.S. Attorney office deserves to have the stability that often comes with a permanent appointment. One of the new Obama U.S. Attorneys Paul Fishman of NJ By Joe Palazzolo Main Justice WASHINGTON — For the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The realty-TV feel of the ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich public corruption case could get all the more intense if the defense calls President Barack Obama as a witness. One of Blagojevich’s attorneys, Samuel Adams, on Wednesday hinted of the possibility of calling the President as a witness during trial, saying it…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com From all outward appearances, William Wallace Keegan’s sentence in Phoenix last week was nothing out of the ordinary: a big time drug dealer getting hit with a life sentence after a long career in the drug trade. But what made his case stand out was the evidence at trial in June…
Jefferson stands next to attorney Robert Trout during sentencing /Sketch by Art Lien/NBC News By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A key prosecution witness in the public corruption trial of ex-Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson, could be seeing daylight soon. As expected, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III of Alexandria, Va., in a written filing on…
