By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — When it comes to discipline, are higher-ranking members of the FBI likely to get better treatment than lower ranking ones? A Department of Justice Inspector General report released Monday concluded that many employees thought so. “We found that a significant percentage of FBI employees we surveyed believed that there…
The ex-Gov is getting quite a deal on the legal fees considering how expensive they are these days. By Mike Robinson The Associated Press CHICAGO — Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s lawyers have reluctantly agreed to be paid far below the rate some of them usually charge in return for being allowed to tap his…
This guy has had more detours than a California freeway under construction. The latest is that he’s supposed to be in Germany by Tuesday. We’ll see. By M.R. Kropko Associated Press SEVEN HILLS, Ohio — Suspected Nazi guard John Demjanjuk is expected to be deported to Germany by Tuesday, a German Justice Ministry spokesman said…
The silly problems with the FBI’s terrorist list is perhaps best exemplified with this story by Mary Jacoby, founder of the new website Main Justice. Here’s her amusing — and not so amusing– story about her son Charlie. By Mary Jacoby Main Justice WASHINGTON — The release last week of a Department of Justice Inspector…
The FBI, which has been criticized in the past for not always being up to snuff in the area of computers, is trying to advance its high-tech capabilities. The money is there. Now it’s up to the bureau to follow through. By Jason Ryan ABC NEWS WASHINGTON — The release of the 2010 budget request…
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By Brian Schott ticklethewire.com China has a well-known taste for trading in strange and exotic animal parts. Bear bile. Rhinoceros horn. But endangered sea turtle guitar picks? Qing Song, a Santa Rosa, Calif., woman, pleaded guilty Wednesday in San Francisco federal court to violating the Lacey Act by importing from China guitar picks and turtle…
The former purchasing director for Nabisco had steered contracts for tomatoes to SK Foods at inflated prices in exchange for bribes. SK Foods had formerly been in trouble for lying about the quality of potentially mold-filled shipments of tomato. Maybe these people should face a firing squad armed with moldy tomatoes. By Denny Walsh Sacramento…
