By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In the end — after all the drama — it came down to a slap on the wrist. In relatively quick fashion, a federal magistrate judge Thursday morning in Washington sentenced ex-FBI agent Mark Rossini to one year probation and a $5,000 fine for illegally accessing FBI documents and…
By DAPHNE DURET Palm Beach Post WEST PALM BEACH – A judge has sentenced Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez Jr. to die for the 2006 murders of two boys killed along with their parents at the side of Florida’s Turnpike. U.S. Senior District Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley handed down the death sentences for Troya this…
The good news is that the materials were supposedly non-infectious. The bad news is that, as we learned from the anthrax attacks, some labs around the world still lack proper security measures to prevent materials from being removed. Consider this case another warning. By Philip Ling Canwest News Service A Canadian scientist was stopped at…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — On a perfect spring night, with temperatures hovering in the 60s, U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder lead a candle light vigil for thousands of law enforcement officers and family members who gathered Wednesday night in Washington to commemorate the passing of 387 officers and federal agents killed in the…
This has the makings of an ugly ugly public relations mess. By John Caniglia Cleveland Plain Dealer CLEVELAND – An agent of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was indicted today on charges that he lied repeatedly in a botched 2005 drug case that caused 17 people to be wrongly charged. Lee Lucas, a 19-year veteran,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Ex-FBI agent Mark Rossini, who was busted for leaking a confidential FBI document to his lover, actress Linda Fiorentino, should get probation instead of prison time, federal prosecutors said in a court filing here. ” As a result of admitting this violation, the defendant has already resigned from the…
Maybe we’re just noticing this problem more since the Justice Department moved to void the conviction of ex-U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens. But it seems to be popping up a lot all around the country as of late. In this case, the federal judge said he saw a pattern of this in the Boston U.S. Attorney’s…
