By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Though the FBI and Justice Department are thoroughly convinced that scientist Bruce Ivins mailed the deadly anthrax letters in 2001, it seems almost inevitable now that some very costly and protracted public hearing will be conducted to review the whole case. Unfortunately, Ivins killed himself in July 2008 before…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – What’s it going to take for the White House to figure out that the situation in Mexico — endless bloodshed over money, drugs and power — is an “emergency”? The ambush of two ICE agents on Tuesday in which one died? The deadly ambush last March of a woman…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal judge in Brooklyn on Thursday sentenced Russell Defreitas to life in prison for conspiring to blow up fuel tanks and pipelines under John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens. A federal jury convicted Russell Defreitas and co-conspirator Abdul Kadir in July 2010 after a nine-week trial, authorities said. Evidence…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As expected, the White House Wednesday nominated Thomas M. Harrigan as the number two person at DEA. Harrigan, who must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, is currently Chief of Operations for DEA, a post he has held since 2008. Harrigan, a well respected figure in the DEA, started…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — What’s it going to take for the White House to figure out that the situation in Mexico — endless bloodshed over money, drugs and power — is an “emergency”? The ambush of two ICE agents on Tuesday in which one died? The deadly ambush last March of a woman…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – After almost 10 years, it seems like nothing more than a lot of “what ifs” and fantasy on the part of the U.S. government when it talks about what to do with Osama bin Laden if he’s ever captured. Still, CIA Director Leon Panetta testified Wednesday before a Senate…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No surprise. Mexican authorities are saying that two ICE agents who were shot in the northern part of the country Tuesday were ambushed on a road about four hours north of Mexico City by drug cartel gunmen, the Washington Post reports. One died and the other was wounded and is stable…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A deputy U.S. Marshal killed Wednesday while trying to serve a warrant in West Virginia has been identified as Derek Hotsinpiller, 24, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. He had been a deputy Marshal for just over a year. Two other deputy Marshals were shot, but suffered non-life threatening wounds,…
