By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will try and restore the trust and integrity of its Public Integrity Section with the appointment of career prosecutor Jack Smith, the Associated Press reported. “I have the best guy I could have in that job. I’m looking for a natural leader, someone with tremendous energy,…
By The Washington Post Editorial Page WASHINGTON — “THIS IS SOMETHING that I think needs to be done, not tomorrow, but yesterday.” Those were the words of Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in March to a House subcommittee on the subject of preventing sexual abuse in prison. Five months have passed since then, and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An official who heads the U.S. Marshal Witness Security Program has been acquitted in Maryland of charges that he beat his wife, the Washington Examiner reported. The Examiner reported that the attorney for official Sylvester E. Jones said last week that his client was found not guilty of domestic…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A 65-year-old Information Technology Program manager for the FBI was sentenced Friday in Alexandria, Va., to 3 years and 10 months in prison for possessing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Samuel I. Kaplan, 65, of Gainesville, Va., pled guilty to possessing child porn on June 3. Court…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– A contract worker for the State Department has been indicted here on charges of unlawfully disclosing national defense information to a national news outlet, the Justice Department announced Friday. Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, 43, was charged with leaking the information and lying to the FBI. The indictment was unsealed Friday….
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Some ATF agents are concerned about a recent memo from the Justice Department that tries to correct the beefing going on between the FBI and ATF over turf, the Washington Post reported. Acting Deputy Attorney Gen. Gary G. Grindler issued a memo earlier this month saying it was “critically…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Dallas FBI agent accused of threatening to kill his estranged wife and the head of the Dallas FBI, Robert E. Casey Jr., will remain behind bars pending trial, the Dallas Morning News reported. The ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Ramirez in Dallas came Thursday after hearing disturbing evidence about…
