The second week of trial begins in the Jefferson trial. Jefferson is claiming that his business dealings were private. So far, the prosecution has presented some pretty convincing evidence that Jefferson was acting in his official capacity. In any event, with 16 counts, Jefferson has an uphill battle. By Bruce Alpert New Orlean Times-Picayune ALEXANDRIA,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent of Texas disgraced the bench. For those who haven’t followed this, he pleaded guilty in February to lying about sexually abusing some female employees. He got 33 months in prison. But what is also so disgraceful and appalling is that Kent is trying to get…
Women in recent years have made inroads at federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI. Women agents head offices like Baltimore and San Francisco, and there’s sure to be more in the future. By Henri E. Cauvin Washington Post Staff Writer The face of the FBI is changing, and to see how, look no farther…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com columnist The greater majority of Americans long assumed that the criminal court system worked just fine. With criminal defendants afforded substantive Constitutional rights, many people assumed the nation’s prison held no innocent men or women. This blithe assumption was upset in recent times by the use of DNA technology in post-conviction…
It’s hard to believe in 1972 the FBI had nothing better to do. Then again, this must have been a coveted assignment. By MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press MIAMI — Newly released FBI files show agents across the country and at the highest level of the agency investigated “Deep Throat” — the 1972 porn movie, not…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Richard C. Powers, a 19-year veteran of the FBI, and a former state prosecutor, will head up the bureau’s Houston Division Powers, who last served as assistant director of the Office of Congressional Affairs at FBI headquarters, replaces Andrew Bland, who retired, the FBI announced on Wednesday. Powers entered…
The great thing is that decades later the released FBI files still provide information to help fill in some of the blanks in history. By The Associated Press Watergate break-in planner E. Howard Hunt sought a presidential pardon by saying he thought the infamous burglary had “executive authorization,” according to FBI documents released two years…
