2012
Justice Dept. Agrees to Pay $140,000 to Fla Man After Prosecutors Withheld Evidence
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. Florida Today reports that the Justice Department has agreed to pay about $140,000 to a Florida man who was released from jail after three years when the government admitted prosecutorial misconduct. The paper reported that the prosecutors hid evidence that could have set Nino…
Santorum Accuses Obama Admin. Of Being Too Lax About Cracking Down on Porn
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rick Santorum, who has marketed himself as the conservative Republican candidate who can defeat the liberal Barack Obama, is complaining the Obama Justice Department isn’t doing enough to crackdown on pornography. The Christian Post reports that Santorum had said on his campaign website that President Obama favored pornographers over children. On…
Penn State Begins Implementing New Guidelines Recommended by Ex-FBI Dir. Louie Freeh
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com This won’t make this scandal vanish, but it may help avoid one in the future. The Associated Press reported that Penn State University has begun implementing new guidelines about identifying and reporting sexual abuse recommended by former FBI director Louis Freeh. The recommendations come in wake of the scandal involving former…
FBI Worried Scientology Leader Might Escape on Tom Cruise’s Plane
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI probe into Scientology and human trafficking is dead, the Village Voice reports, but the details are fascinating nonetheless. The newspaper reports that by around June, 2010, the FBI had planned to raid Scientology’s California international headquarters “using high resolution footage shot from drone aircraft, and had also recorded the…
Head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Says U.S. Side of Border Very Safe
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Fed Prosecutor Used Alias to Bash People — Including Fed Judges — in Comments Section of New Orleans Paper
By Times-Picayune Staff NEW ORLEANS — In a rare black eye for his office, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten confirmed Thursday that Sal Perricone, one of his top prosecutors, has been using the alias “Henry L. Mencken1951” to bash landfill owner Fred Heebe and a raft of other local and national figures, including federal judges, in…