By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In response to a cry for help from the newly minted Mayor, the Justice Department announced Monday that it will conduct an evaluation of the New Orleans Police Department to figure out reforms for the troubled agency, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, attending a news conference…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A retired FBI agent well versed in interrogating spies and terrorists, says he wants FBI Director Robert Mueller III to speak up and defend the reading of Miranda Warnings to suspects, the website Spy Talk reported. Retired agent Joe Navarro said the Miranda Warning — giving suspects the right…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Is the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Alexandria, Va., trying to run with the big dogs in New York in the area of securities fraud? A Wall Street Journal report gives a resounding Yes to that question. The paper’s Law Blog reports that U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride of Virginia “is…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As Mexican president Felipe Calderon prepares to arrive in Washington, word has surfaced that Mexican authorities seized documents from a drug cartel listing Mexican federal agents and their phone numbers and intelligence information that originated from the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to the Associated Press. AP reported that the…
Stories like this may provide some insight into the latest attempted terrorist attack involving Faisal Shahzad, a man came from a well-to-do family in Pakistan,who was making a life as an American, but became increasingly angry at the U.S. and its policies. By Andrea Elliott, Sabrina Tavernise and Anne Barnard New York Times Just after…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI has had talks about moving its aging headquarters to Maryland, but the tanking economy may have put any plans on hold, the Washington Post reported Sunday. A lawsuit filed by Greenbelt Ventures against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, says Metroland Developers was “secretly meeting with WMATA…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — No question the protracted drug war America talks so often about has taken its toll on lives and on urban, rural and suburban America. It’s also wreaked havoc along the Mexican border. But the Associated Press has written a story saying the war after 40 years is a failure…
