By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The debate over whether to charge the underwear bomber in a civilian, rather than a military court, continues. Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. fired off a letter dated Feb. 3 to Sen. Mitch McConnell and other centers assuring him that “I made the decision to charge Mr. Abdulmutallab with…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John Turnpaugh of New Orleans isn’t likely to go down in history as one of the brighter drug dealers. In fact, if you described him as being a few fries short of a Happy Meal, you wouldn’t be overreaching. On Dec. 30, he phoned 911 around 2 a.m. and said: “Yeah,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Darrien Hatchcock essentially wanted a couple hotel rooms for free. Now he’s getting free room and board, compliments of the U.S. taxpayers. The 46-year-old from Terrell, Tex., was sentenced in Dallas on Monday to two years in prison for impersonating a U.S. Marshal and demanding that a hotel give him two…
By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON — Which is it now — imminent terrorist threat, or no threat? Certain or uncertain? Only last month U.S. intelligence officials were saying the Nigerian underwear bomber slipped through their nets because they didn’t think al Qaeda could or would mount another attack here. Yesterday, they warned that a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Note to NYPD cop Roosevelt Green: Next time get over to the Sports Authority and buy yourself a nice warm up suit and sneakers: It will be a lot less trouble and a whole lot cheaper. Federal wire intercepts captured conversations in which Green, a sergeant in NYPD, asked a major…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has launched a routine investigation into the fatal FBI shooting in Michigan of a Muslim imam in October, the Detroit News reported. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mi), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who had asked the Justice Department to probe the matter, announced the news at…
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