By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Disgraced ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who lived the good life on the outside, is getting a federally court-appointed attorney after pleading poverty Tuesday during his arraignment on federal corruption charges in Detroit, the Detroit News reported. The News reported that Kilpatrick, clad in a jail suit, said “that is correct” when…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News The Justice Department Tuesday plucked more skeletons from the closet of the New Orleans Police Department, indicting six additional officers in the fatal shooting of two unarmed citizens and the wounding of four others in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The indictment is part of the Justice Department’s ongoing…
Jeff Stein By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON — Two longtime veterans of the intelligence wars between Russia and the West say it’s inconceivable that the spies deported to Moscow Friday didn’t detect FBI surveillance years ago. And that, they say, could explain why the FBI never produced evidence in court that the “illegals” had…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sometimes judges complain to federal prosecutors that their case is dragging on too long. But in Chicago, in U.S. District Court, there’s a bit of different twist. The defense for ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich is complaining that prosecutors are moving far too quickly in trial and will finish presenting their case…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rogue Los Angeles private detective Anthony Pellicano, who wiretapped the rich and famous, and is now in prison, is still touching the lives of some in a bad way. The latest sign of that came Monday when “Die Hard” director John McTiernan pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about paying…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News A Canadian man promised the elderly a little piece of heaven. Instead, some lost their homes and life savings. Today that man, Henry Anekwu, 43, of British Columbia, was sentenced in Los Angeles federal court to nine years in prison for fleecing dozens of elderly Americans of at least…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI in New York plans to send agents to Uganda to help investigate the deadly bombing that reportedly was carried out by a group aligned with al Qaeda, news sources reported. “The New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is in the process of deploying a team of agents and forensic…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Bill Miller, a former reporter and editor at the Washington Post, who specialized in law enforcement coverage, is crossing over to the other side. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. announced Monday that Miller will take over as the public information officer for the busy office. A veteran reporter,…
