“Make Me Wanna Holler, Throw Up Both My Hands” — Marvin Gaye, Inner City Blues, 1971 By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If Marvin Gaye were still alive, the latest news out of Detroit would make him wanna holler. Really holler. The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging two former officials in Detroit Public…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — Craig Allen Corey II was doing a lot more than soldiering when he was based at Fort Meade, Md. Federal authorities say the Army soldier was running a prostitution and drug trafficking ring from his apartment in Millersville, Md., a small town outside Baltimore, and advertising the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The ex-head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, who was appointed by President Bush, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Washington to criminal contempt of Congress “for willfully and unlawfully withholding pertinent information from a House committee investigating his decision to have several government computers wiped” of emails, the U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Lone Star state’s air space is about to get a little more activity. Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, testified at a Senate hearing Tuesday that an unarmed reconnaissance drone plane will fly over Texas to bolster security at a time when the drug violence along the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is the latest to weigh in on Arizona’s new immigration law, saying he’s uncomfortable with it. Ridge told the Associated Press that he’s concerned that the law allows police to question people without probable cause. But he criticized both Democrats and Republicans for failing to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A couple who admitted spying for Cuba have met with federal investigators 50 to 60 times to divulge their secret work, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, according to the Miami Herald. Walter Kendall Myers, a former State Department worker with top secret clearance — and his wife Gwendolyn Myers, pleaded…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Pakistani born man raised in New York, who became the first person to ever be extradited from the United Kingdom on terrorism charges, pleaded guilty Tuesday in New York to providing material support to al Qaeda. Syed Hashmi aka “Fahad” admitted providing air fare to help someone deliver protective gear…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News About three years ago, Los Angeles art dealer Tatiana Khan sold a 1902 pastel by Pablo Picasso for $2 million. She told the buyer it had come from the family of famed publisher Malcolm Forbes and was in fact worth far more. Only problem was the painting was a…
