By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A sad reminder of the crumbling political dynasty of the Jefferson family in Louisiana surfaced Thursday in federal court in New Orleans. Mose Jefferson, the political operative for the dynasty and the brother of convicted ex-Rep. William Jefferson, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for bribing school board president Ellenese…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Could it be that the Christmas Day underwear bombing incident may have raised the consciousness of the everyday traveler — at least when it comes to bringing guns to the airport? We may never know for sure. What we do know is that normally on any given week the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has always tried to be a good host to the countless visitors who come to the Big Apple each year. But he seems to be changing his tune about playing host to suspected mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four others, who are supposed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It may come as little shock to most that ripoff king Bernie Madoff’s brother Peter Madoff is in trouble. Bloomberg news service is reporting that Peter Madoff, the chief compliance officer at Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, is the subject of a criminal investigation. The news came out in a…
It’s good that the long arm of the U.S. can stretch far beyond its borders when pursuing crime in this global world of ours. On the downside, at least in some cases, the U.S. Attorney’s Office could probably put resources to better use and let the country of origin charge and prosecute the cases. For…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The mayor of Ecorse, a Detroit suburb of about 11,000 people, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to bribery charges linked to a scheme involving a company that provided municipal works for the city, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Mayor Herbert Worthy admitted that between November 2007 and December 2008 he…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group is leasing part of the former Air National Guard base at Richmond International Airport for aviation operations, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. “We’re very excited to have the FBI as a tenant of the Richmond International Airport,” Jon Mathiasen, the airport’s president and CEO,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — NBC’s Pete Williams is reporting that the four men arrested Monday for tampering with Sen. Mary Landrieu’s phones in her downtown New Orleans office were not trying to wiretap the phones, but “wanted to see how her local office staff would respond if the phones were inoperative.” Williams’ attributed…
