The white supremacists movement seems to be grabbing headlines as of late. A white supremacist killed a guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington a few weeks ago. Now we’ve got the arrest of Hal Turner. The movement, which has become more disorganized in recent years with the deaths of key leaders, is trying to…
U.S. relations with the Saudis is obviously important. But is it worth covering up that nation’s ties to terrorism? And is it worth compromising the integrity of the Justice Department, which is deeply involved in the fight against terrorism? By Eric Lichtblau New York Times WASHINGTON – Documents gathered by lawyers for the families of…
As punishment, the man should have to read spam all day — and while he’s at it — eat spam. By BEN SCHMITT Detroit Free Press DETROIT — The feds once called him the spam king. On Monday, Alan Ralsky took on the new title of convicted felon after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court…
Sure love is blind. But federal authorities aren’t. And they say some folks here were ordering up sham marriages. By GENE JOHNSON AP Legal Affairs Writer SEATTLE — The owner of a Seattle area chain of Thai restaurants pleaded not guilty Tuesday to paying four of her workers to enter into sham marriages allowing three…
If any FBI office is busy with public corruption, it’s New Orleans. The presence of FBI agents at city hall comes as the state’s infamous ex-Rep. William J. Jefferson is on trial in Alexandria, Va., on public corruption charges. By David Hammer New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — FBI agents have been in New Orleans…
I imagine some white supremacists are proud that 88-year-old James W. von Brunn shot and killed a black man at a Jewish museum. But are they still proud of him now that the FBI has found child pornography on his computer? By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The 88-year-old white supremacist…
Most law enforcement agents and officers are faced with the dilemma at some point or another: pull out the gun and fight it out or call for back up and follow the suspects. ATF Agent Bill Crummett had to make that decision. By Clarence Williams Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Bill Crummett had just…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A disorderly man aboard a Northwest airlines flight headed from Detroit to Washington Tuesday night was moving toward the cockpit door but a flight attendant intervened and he backed away, authorities said. Walter Vincent Baker, 30, of Michigan, was arrested and charged Arlington County, Va., with public intoxication and…
