By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Suspended NBA Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas dodged the bullet Friday during sentencing. He won’t be going to jail, but he will have to spend 30 days in a halfway house and two years on probation, the Associated Press reported. The D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office had recommended a 3…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — A Justice Department document asks the simple question: Why Go Undercover on Facebook, MySpace, etc.? Then it goes on to explain: “Communicate with suspects/targets” … “gain access to non-public info” … “map social relationships/networks.” The document, part of a Justice Department PowerPoint presentation, demonstrates how some federal…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ex-FBI Director Louis Freeh has been tasked with monitoring the cleanup of automaker Daimler AG which has been accused of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to at least 22 foreign governments from 1998 to 2008, the Associated Press reported. AP reported that the Justice Department has…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Has the case of David Headley, the 49-year-old Chicago man accused of helping plot the 2008 Mumbai, India attacks, pointed out the holes in the United State’s intelligence gathering? The New York Times reports that Headley “moved effortlessly between the United States, Pakistan and India for nearly seven years, training at…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Thomas J. Padden, the FBI agent who arrested fugitive Patricia Hearst in 1975, has died at age 84 in San Rafael, Calif. after a prolonged illness, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Padden specialized in bank robbery and fraud and was known as the agent, along with San Francisco cop Tim Casey,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — More than a year into his presidency, President Obama continues to slowly inch toward finishing his U.S. Attorney appointments. On Thursday, President Obama nominated Melinda L. Haag, a former federal prosecutor, for U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Calif.; Jerry E. Martin, a private attorney, for the Middle…
