Weekend Series on Crime: The FBI Investigation and Nazi Spies
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2013
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President Obama Orders Review of Justice Department After Media Records Seized
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Responding to mounting criticism of the Justice Department’s decision to spy on journalists, President Obama ordered a review of the procedures of investigating reporters, The New York Times reports. Among the concerns, Obama said, is the potential for the probes to discourage investigative reporting. “Journalists should not be at legal risk…
Washington State Janitor Accused of Sending Ricin-Laced Letters to Judge Kept to Himself
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not much is known about the janitor charged Thursday with sending ricin-laced to a federal judge in Washington state. According to the Washington Post, Matthew Ryan Buquet is a short, balding 37-year-old and a registered sex offender. “He sticks to himself,” Scott Ward, who lives across the hall from Buquet’s apartment, told…
Father of Boston Bombing Suspect’s Slain Friend Says FBI Killed Son ‘for Nothing’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Abdulbaki Todashev says his son loved life in America and would never kill anyone. His son, Ibragim Todashev, was fatally shot in his Orlando apartment by an FBI agent while being questioned about his ties to Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. “I absolutely refuse to believe my son could have attacked a…
Eric Holder OK’d Search Warrant for Fox News Reporter’s Private Emails, Official Says
By Michael Isikoff NBC News WASHINGTON –– Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday. The disclosure of the…
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Walks Into Court Handcuffed, Leaves With New Attorney
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, clad in a tan, khaki prison outfit, entered the federal courtroom in handcuffs and with a smile Thursday morning. He left about 40 minutes later, escorted in handcuffs and with a new court appointed attorney. Kilpatrick, who was uncuffed during the proceedings, appeared before…
Fed Prosecutors Want Ex-Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway Behind Bars
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Prosecutors want disgraced ex-Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway to serve time behind bars for bank fraud. In a sentencing memorandum filed Thursday in federal court, the U.S. Attorney’s office recommended that Hathaway serve 12 to 18 months under the sentencing guidelines. Sentencing is set for Tuesday at 2…