By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Leaders of the nation’s largest police organizations said they were briefed by the FBI after the killing of Osama bin Laden and told there appeared to be no immediate threats or active terrorist plots, USA Today reported. The paper reported that the briefing came after federal officials were warned…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John Demjanjuk, the suspected Nazi death camp guard, was convicted in Munich on Thursday of helping force roughly 28,000 Jews to death during World War II, the New York Times reported. The 91-year-old retired American autoworker was then sentenced to five years in prison, but was released pending his appeal. His…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI may have thought Michael F. Mara looked grandfatherly when they dubbed the serial bank robber the “Grandad Bandit”. Wait til he gets out of prison. They may want to consider changing his nickname to the “Great Grandad Bandit.” Mara, 53, of Baton Rouge, La., was sentenced Wednesday in federal…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Az) wrote Thursday in a Op-Ed piece in the Washington Post that he opposed torture, and said it just isn’t true that waterboarding lead authorities to the trusted courier of the Osama bin Laden. “Much of this debate is a definitional one: whether any or all…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Following an eight week trial, a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday morning convicted Raj Rajaratnam on 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud crimes stemming from his role in the largest hedge fund insider trading scheme in history, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Rajartnam, just another symbol of much what is wrong…
By Allan Lengel For The Daily A 67-year-old federal judge jailed after a crime spree involving drugs, guns and a prostitute was freed Monday after serving just three weeks. Judge Jack T. Camp, Jr, a Ronald Reagan appointee, agreed to a plea deal, but many in the legal community believe Camp got off easy. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Yemen native who tried twice ramming open the cockpit door of American Airlines Flight 1561 bound for San Francisco Sunday night, and yelled “God is great” in Arabic, remained behind bars, the Associated Press reported. A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday ordered Rageh Al-Murisi, 28, of California, detained….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A DNA sample that could have solved a 2001 murder by a former Seattle cop languished at the FBI lab for 3 1/2 years, the station KIRO 7 news in Seattle reported. The story unfolds like this: In 2001, realtor Mike Emert, 40, was murdered in the Seattle suburb of Woodinville…
