By The Washington Post Editorial Page WASHINGTON — THE JOB of inspector general is often a thankless one, requiring the ability to make unflinching and crucial assessments that are not always well received by colleagues. The Justice Department employed one of the best for the past decade in the person of Glenn A. Fine, who…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl52Vd6RL8A httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ev_swDCEFg WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST DeLay Aide Sentenced to 20 Months in Abramoff Lobbying Scandal (Washington Post) Pitcher Roger Clemens Subpoenas House Committee on Testmony (Washington Post) FBI File on late Sen. Ted Stevens Has Color But Little News (AP) Whitey Bulger Victims’ Relatives Plan to Push Forward in Legal Battle (Boston Globe) Justice…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Ingmar Guandique, who was convicted of killing intern Chandra Levy in a case that captured the nation’s attention over the years, was sentenced Friday in D.C. Superior Court to 60 years in prison. The sentencing for Guandique, 29, fell short of the life in prison without parole the U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI on Friday released about 3,600 pages on the late Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, about 2,700 of which were from media reports. The files included complaints received by the FBI Anchorage office alleging “instances of Stevens being involved in corruption or other illegal activities” and Stevens accepting free…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s not everyday that a small town cook has to cook under the watchful eye of the U.S. Secret Service. But that’s exactly what happened to Shane Baker at Doncker’s Fudge in Marquette in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, according to the Detroit News. Baker said President Obama, who delivered a speech Thursday…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com They say fingerprints never lie — that is unless they’re altered. Enter Dr. Jose Elias Zaiter-Pou, 62, a Dominican doctor. Zaiter-Pou was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Boston to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to conceal illegal immigrants from detection by altering their fingerprints, the…
FBI Agent Suspected in Fatal Drunk Driving Crash Identified: MyFoxDC.com
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The DEA and Treasury Department on Thursday accused the Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL and its subsidiaries (LCB) of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in drug profits by an organization linked to the Lebanese organization Hezbollah. In its announcement, authorities designated the bank as a “primary money laundering concern.”…
