Funny how those emails seemed to turn up just at the right time. By R. Jeffrey Smith Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — A Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge yesterday that the Bush administration will meet its legal requirement to transfer e-mails to the National Archives after spending more than $10 million to…
Eric Holder/msnbc By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Yes, Eric H. Holder Jr. messed up, Yes he intends to be an INDEPENDENT Attorney General, and Yes Yes Yes, the Marc Rich pardon was a BIG BIG mistake, and Yes he would have done things differently now. With his family and former FBI director Louis Freeh sitting behind…
By Allan Lengel tickethwire.com In the latest explosive turn, the federal judge in the former Sen. Ted Stevens trial on Wednesday accused the government of misleading him about an FBI agent who filed a complaint about government misconduct in the case. U.S District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan , in court papers filed Wednesday in Washington,…
The case is only getting uglier. Whether the prosecution can survive all the allegations and maintain the conviction is a big question mark. At minimum, a new trial could be in the making. But who knows. By ERIKA BOLSTAD Anchorage Daily News WASHINGTON — One of the FBI agents assigned to investigate corruption in Alaska…
There are few sure things in life. Nonetheless, it sounds like super news about the Super Bowl. Let’s hope it holds true. Want a sure thing: Don’t bet on the 0-16 Detroit Lions doing much better next year. By EILEEN SULLIVAN and MITCH STACY Associated Press Writers TAMPA, Fla. — A U.S. intelligence report says…
By Clarice Feldman American Thinker If the President hasn’t already pardoned Lewis (Scooter) Libby, I beg him to reconsider and do so, for Libby is an innocent man. Most of what people believe about the Scooter Libby case was proven wrong at trial. Many wrongly believe: 1) Libby leaked the CIA employment of Valerie Plame;…
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com You know Eric Holder Jr. would have really been in big trouble if the Boys & Girls Clubs of America had opposed his confirmation for Attorney general. Though it’s hardly a big deal– it would have been if it opposed him — the club has written the Senate Judiciary and praised…
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com A former State Department employee pleaded guilty Wednesday in Washington to illegally accessing passport applications of more than 150 celebrities, actors, musicians, comedians, models, politicians, athletes and media members out of “idle curiosity”, the Justice Department said. Dwayne F. Cross, 41, of Upper Marlboro, Md., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge…
