By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The news website TPMmuckraker is challenging an assertion by conservative columnist Frank Gaffney in a recent op-ed piece that D.C. FBI agent John Guandolo lost his job because of fierce opposition to radical Islamic ideology, not because he was sleeping with a key witness in the ex-Congressman William Jefferson…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Justice Department “has found significant flaws in the way Inglewood police oversee use-of-force incidents and investigate complaints against officers” and has proposed a list of reforms, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. The paper reported that the ongoing Justice Department probe found the department’s use of force policies…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The revelation in a new book on the 2008 presidential campaign about the stupid remarks Sen. Harry Reid made about President Obama was somewhat of a shocker. The book “Game Change” reported that Reid “was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace…
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson/gov photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Justice may be blind, but politics is not — particularly when it comes to the appointment of a new U.S. Attorney in Dallas. The Dallas Morning News reports that the White House may not be any closer to appointing a new U.S. Attorney there…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The old saying goes that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But the FBI in Los Angeles apparently isn’t buying that one — at least not this time. The FBI has busted a West Hollywood antiques dealer who has been charged with fraud in a scheme that involved the sale…
The Internet has been a blessing and a curse for the justice system. This is one of the curses. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Al Schuler, one of 12 jurors weighing the fate of a 23-year-old charged with killing a homeless man in Maryland, was confused by the word “lividity”…
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