By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The more that comes out, the worse things look for ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich. In the lastest, the feds paint the ex-Gov as being in the hip pocket of his fundraisers. The Associated Press reports that a federal prosecution document unsealed Wednesday alleges that crooked Democratic fundraiser and Chicago businessman Antoin…
The line between good and evil can be awfully blurred in the criminal world. Baltimore City Paper investigative reporter Van Smith lays out a DEA case which alleges that the Black Guerrilla Family (BGF), a violent nationwide prison gang with hooks in Baltimore, is infiltrating the ranks of non-profit, anti-gang organizations. It’s a disturbing revelation….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning that the administration planned to use both civilian and military commissions to fight terrorism. In a prepared statement, he said: “Let me be clear: this Administration will use every tool available to fight terrorism. That includes both…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The way fed prosecutors see it, ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich can’t endlessly blab and blab on TV and then worry about being hurt by pretrial publicity. On Tuesday, the prosecutors asked that a key document detailing evidence in their public corruption case be made public in its entirety, the Chicago Tribune…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal jury in Philly convicted drug kingpin Maurice Phillips on Tuesday of hiring a hitman to kill a woman who was cooperating with the FBI in a case against him, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Phillips, 38, who ran a multimillion-dollar cocaine-distribution network stretching from Texas to New York, could get…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– The FBI is investigating a police beating of an unarmed University of Maryland College student at the College Park campus on March 3 following a basketball game victory over Duke, the Washington Post reported. Embarrassing video has been airing on nationwide tv that shows three Prince George’s County police…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Conservative columnist William Safire was the subject of an FBI wiretap for four months while he worked for the National Security Council in 1969, according to FBI files released this month. The FBI said the Nixon White House, concerned about leaks of classified material to reporters, asked the FBI…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Baltimore police detective on a DEA Task Force pleaded guilty Tuesday in Baltimore federal court to stealing Baltimore police funds, submitting a false claims to DEA for an informant and stealing a seized diamond watch, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Authorities alleged that detective Mark J. Lunsford, 40, …
