February 2010
Ex-New Orleans Police Lt. Pleads Guilty to Covering Up Police Shooting Involving Mulitiple Victims: FBI Probe Continues
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In what appears to be a big break in a long drawn out investigation, a former lieutenant for the New Orleans police department pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to covering up a police shooting involving multiple victims in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department said. Ex-Lt. Michael…
Retired FBI Agent Paul Lindsay Has 7 Novels to His Name
Paul Lindsay was never a shy character in his days with the FBI. And he created controversy with his first book in 1992 while he was still an agent in Detroit. He has since retired. He has 7 novels to his name. Not bad. Book was written under the pseudonym Noah Boyd By Jim Sullivan…
Boston U.S. Atty Ortiz Reviewing 1993 Pipe Bomb Case Possibly Linked to Ala. Prof.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Boston U.S. Attorney is stepping into the wild and crazy world of Amy Bishop, the Alabama prof who went on a shooting rampage. The Boston Globe reports that U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said her office will review its 1993 probe into the two pipe bombs that were mailed to a…
FBI Probe Into New Orleans Police Officer Shootings After Katrina Gaining Traction
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI in New Orleans appears to making headway in its probe into the shootings of six people on Danziger Bridge just after Hurricane Katrina hit. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that recently retired New Orleans police Lt. Michael Lohman, who helped investigate the shootings, but was not involved with them,…
Indecision Hampering Pick For No. 2 Spot in Justice Department
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Indecision in Washington? Hard to believe. Washington Post columnist Al Kamen reports that there’s “still no decision on a deputy attorney general. Apparently the powers that be cannot agree on a candidate.” “A new name has emerged, our colleague Carrie Johnson reports,” Kamen reports. “It’s American University law school professor Dan…
Sen. Specter Introduces Legislation Making Witness Intimidation in Local Cases a Fed Crime
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As any local or federal prosecutor in urban America can tell you, witness intimidation is a big problem. In fact, in Baltimore, a gang member made some popular videos warning people not to “snitch”. And tv shows like HBO’s popular “The Wire” show the downfall of snitching: death. That being said,…
Column: Bernie Kerik — Ego, Power, Money
Leonard Levitt wrote the column “One Police Plaza” for the newspaper Newsday about the New York City police department. Before joining Newsday, he worked as a reporter for the Associated Press and the Detroit News, as a correspondent for Time Magazine, and as the investigations editor of the New York Post. By Leonard Levitt Huffington…