By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Threats and “inappropriate communications” aimed at fed judges and fed prosecutors have spiked in the past six years, according to a review by the Justice Department Inspector Gen. Glenn Fine. The review found that such incidents jumped from 592 in fiscal 2003 to 1,278 in fiscal 2008, and some…
New Orleans Times-Picayune Editorial Page NEW ORLEANS — Few public officials in metro New Orleans enjoy the popularity and respect of U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. Under his watch, the U.S. attorney’s office has maintained an aggressive and important campaign against public corruption across our region and assisted local governments in fighting violent crime, earning Mr….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In a bloody bloody drug war south of the border, the Mexican government is showing signs that it’s not backing down. The Associated Press is reporting that Mexican authorities have captured Carolos Beltran Leyva, the brother Beltran Leyva, a major drug boss who was gunned down in a military raid last…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It now appears that it wasn’t only the Americans who dropped the ball in the case of the suspected Nigerian plane bomber. The Times of London reports that British security services “knew three years ago that the Detroit bomber had ‘multiple communications’ with Islamic extremists in Britain” but none…
D.C. police are partially crediting this sting with the record low homicide rate. The D.C. police worked with the FBI, which wired the store and ATF, which traced the guns. By Clarence Williams Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The three young men dressed in black walked into the Northeast auto body shop, talking fast,…
white house photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The recent White House party crashing incident has apparently left some African Americans doubting the Secret Service’s commitment to protecting the nation’s first black president, the Washington Post is reporting. “They allowed that couple to get in there, so obviously someone’s not doing their job,” Doug…
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