The “rule of law”—What does it mean? For most of history since its origin in ancient Greece it has meant that the law, however it was created, rules events and relationships not the whim of the sovereign or the government. But in this country rule of law has evolved through a gradual building process to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A draft by the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility concluded that two prosecutors and an FBI agent in the Sen. Ted Stevens case engaged in misconduct,the Associated Press reported. AP, citing ” a lawyer familiar with the matter,” said the report found that prosecutors Joseph Bottini and James…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In wake of the video-gone-viral where a passenger warns airport security not to touch his “junk”, head of the Transportation Security Administration told a Senate committee Wednesday there would be no changes in the use of full-body scans and pat-downs for passengers, AOL News reports. John Pistole, formerly the…
(dea photo) By Allan Lengel For AOL News In the eyes of Russian officials, Viktor Bout is an innocent businessman being railroaded — quite contrary to the American view that he’s a cunning and dangerous arms dealer worthy of the moniker “Merchant of Death.” Clad in black T-shirt and black sweat pants, Bout briefly appeared…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Two top executives of a California entertainment company and a DJ who spun records at actor Eddie Murphy’s wedding in 2008 were among 14 people indicted Tuesday for their alleged role in a Hollywood-based drug ring that shipped hundreds of pounds of cocaine on chartered jets from Los Angeles…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — The nine-year march down a tortuous path toward justice for the Chandra Levy family, prosecutors and investigators came down to final arguments today in D.C. Superior Court in the murder trial of an illegal immigrant. Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Haines, armed with no physical evidence to speak…
By Janet Napolitano USA Today WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after a thwarted terrorist attack on a Detroit-bound airliner last Christmas Day, the recent attempt by terrorists to conceal and ship explosive devices aboard aircraft bound for the United States reminds us that al-Qaeda and those inspired by its ideology are determined to strike our…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – A reminder of much that is wrong with Washington reared its ugly head Monday when a federal jury in the capital convicted Kevin A. Ring, who worked with corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff, on five counts related to a scheme to corrupt public officials by providing a stream of gifts…
