By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is in for some nail biting. The Albuquerque Journal reports that a fed grand jury in Albuquerque is looking into possible financial irregularities in Richardson’s failed presidential campaign. The paper reported that a number of witnesses have been granted immunity. The paper reported that the feds…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There was one of those Oooops moments in Delray Beach, Fla. Station WPBF reported that FBI agents mistakenly barged into the wrong home in Delray in their search for a teen who allegedly concocted a phony kidnapping plot to extort money from his parents. The station reported that Naomi Palmer was…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — At this point it would be hard to tarnish the reputation of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. But the feds heaped on some more serious allegations to his already pending public corruption charges. The Detroit News reports that new court filings in fed court in Detroit allege that Kilpatrick took a…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The tentacles of the Mexican cartels can be found throughout the U.S. The latest: 20 defendants — five of them suspected members of a Chicago cell of the violent Zetas Mexican drug cartel — were charged in major drug indictment in Chicago following a joint FBI-DEA investigation, Chicago’s US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Dear Son, As your enthusiasm builds for leaving home and going off to college in a few months, I want to talk with…
Konrad Motyka is president of the FBI Agents Association By Konrad Motyka The Hill Among the federal employees closely watching the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “Super-Committee”) negotiations are FBI Agents and other federal law enforcement officers. They are becoming increasingly alarmed by calls from some of our political leaders for drastic changes…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A bullet hit the White House, but was stopped by ballistic glass, reports the Associated Press. Because the investigation is ongoing Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan declined to answer questions about the incident, including the room of the hit window are the caliber of the bullet, AP reported. Additional rounds were found…
