February 2010
![Acquitted Cleveland DEA Agent Wants Job Back](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cleveland.gif)
Acquitted Cleveland DEA Agent Wants Job Back
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Cleveland DEA agent Lee Lucas who was acquitted last week of helping frame 17 suspects in a 2005 sting, would like to return to his job, his attorney told the Associated Press on Monday. “Lee looks forward to returning to duty with the DEA as quickly as possible,” Joel Kirkpatrick told…
![Ex-NY Fed Prosecutor Could Become the First Openly Gay Federal Judge](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/charles-schumer1.jpg)
Ex-NY Fed Prosecutor Could Become the First Openly Gay Federal Judge
Sen. Charles Schumer By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Daniel Alter, a former N.Y. assistant U.S. Attorney who served on the prosecution team in the 1998 African embassy bombings, could become the first openly gay federal judge. New York Sen. Charles Schumer has sent the White House a recommendation nominating the Yale Law School graduate…
![Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial: Criticism in Detroit Case “Entirely Unjustified”](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Abdulmutallab.jpg)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial: Criticism in Detroit Case “Entirely Unjustified”
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Page PITTSBURGH — Criticism by some senators of Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to treat attempted airline bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as a prisoner to be handled according to American standards of justice is entirely unjustified. When Mr. Abdulmutallab was arrested Dec. 25 he was questioned briefly and read the Miranda…
![Fed Judge’s Tough Message to China: “Stop Sending Your Spies Here”](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/confidential-photo.jpg)
Fed Judge’s Tough Message to China: “Stop Sending Your Spies Here”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former aerospace engineer for Boeing was sentenced Monday in California to 15 years and 8 months in prison for stealing restricted technologies and trade secrets on behalf of China that included information related to the Space Shuttle program and the Delta IV rocket, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. U.S. District…
![Detroit Airport Police Taser Ticketless Man Who Ran Past Checkpoint](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/michigan.org-photo.jpg)
Detroit Airport Police Taser Ticketless Man Who Ran Past Checkpoint
Detroit airport/michigan.org photo Update: Tuesday 12:40 a.m.: The FBI charged Kaylan Policherla, 27, of Ohio with violating airport security requirements, according to the Detroit News. By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the wake of the Christmas Day incident, an ounce of trouble at Detroit airport gets a whole lot of notice. The Detroit News reports that…
![Gotti “Thought He was Dead Meat”; Fired Off Letter to Judge](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/John-gotti-cbs-news.jpg)
Gotti “Thought He was Dead Meat”; Fired Off Letter to Judge
By Allan Lengel For Aol News John Gotti Jr.’s fourth racketeering trial was a disaster for the prosecution, ending up in another mistrial. But he thought he was going to get convicted and wrote the judge at the onset of jury deliberations in November, griping about his rulings and his attorney’s refusal to let him…
Obama Terrorism Adviser John Brennan Tiring of Terrorism Being Used as Political Football
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