By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com All the riches in the world, and no where to go but prison. A fed jury in Houston on Tuesday convicted wealthy Texan R. Allen Stanford,61, on 13 of 14 counts that involved allegations that he ran a $7 billion fraud through an offshore bank, the Houston Chronicle reported. Family members…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com On the five-year anniversary of his disappearance– which happens to be this week — the FBI is offering a $1 million reward and is launching a publicity campaign in Asia to try to locate and bring home ex-FBI agent Robert A. Levinson, who vanished while on business in Iran. The…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The number two person at ATF says a key mistake in the controversial Operation Fast and Furious was that “a narcotics based strategy was applied to a firearms trafficking investigation.” Tom Brandon, who stepped in last October as ATF’s deputy director as part of an effort to clean house after…
By Jon Perkins ticklethewire.com In a new twist in an ongoing controversy, Muslim groups on Monday gathered in Manhattan to thank the New York Police Department for surveilling Muslims in two New Jersey cities and 16 college campuses, NorthJersey.com reported. Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, the president of the American Islamic Foundation, who attended a rally…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Republican establishment is beginning to line up for GOP hopeful Mitt Romney. The latest: Former Attorney General John Ashcroft, who served under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, endorsed Romney on Monday, according to The Hill. “I admire Mitt’s record of fiscal responsibility, lower taxes and defense of traditional…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. on Monday defended what he sees as America’s right to kill suspected American terrorists overseas. “Let me be clear: an operation using lethal force in a foreign country, targeted against a U.S. citizen who is a senior operational leader of al Qaeda or associated forces, and…
Marvin Zalman is a professor in the Criminal Justice Department at Wayne State University. He teaches classes on constitutional criminal procedure, criminal justice policy and wrongful convictions. He was commenting on a column about a racist joke that Chief Judge Richard Cebull circulated via email. By Marvin Zalman For ticklethewire.com I too was outraged by the…
