By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com You needn’t go to the oddsmakers in Vegas to predict whether the anthrax case will be reopened for a fresh examination. Just ask Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Ia.). Grassley, one of several politicians who have been skeptical of the FBI findings that government scientist Bruce Ivins sent the letters, said it would…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mexican drug dealers are getting pretty darn imaginative when it comes to using tunnels at the border. ABC News reports that authorities found smugglers had dug more than a dozen tunnels at the border in Nogales, Az, that opened up right under a parking lot with meters. ABC reported…
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Using “mob turncoats” to testify in court doesn’t always work. It comes down to credibility. Apparently, jurors weren’t buying what “mob turncoat” John Alite was selling as a star prosecution witness in the the fourth and final unsuccessful trial in 2009 against his ex-best friend, John (Junior) Gotti, son of the late…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Let’s hope this doesn’t make it tougher for Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to hail a cab. The New York Times reports that the U.S. Attorney is taking on the cab industry in the city. The Times reports that his office is concerned about the lack of wheelchair-accessible cabs in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former supervisory intelligence research specialist for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in El Paso, Tex. pleaded guilty Thursday to misusing his diplomatic passport and submitting fictitious expenses that amounted to at least $70,000. Ahmed Adil Abdallat, 64, pleaded guilty in federal court in El Paso to two counts of misuse of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Congress moved one step closer to naming the Border Patrol station in Bisbee, Az., after slain agent Brian Terry, who was killed in December 2010. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday approved a bill to name the facility after Terry. The bill was authored by Oversight and Government Reform…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. is an honorable man. So I believe him when he tells Congress he didn’t know about ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious until the controversy exploded in 2011. The problem is that he needs to take responsibility for it. Period. He’s the top dog. People…
