The thing about digs, once you start you can’t stop. So far, FBI agents hunting for mob bodies have come up with dog bones. The search continues today. By Robert E. Kessler and Zachary R. Dowdy Newsday EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — FBI agents unearthed yesterday what first appeared to be human bones at a location…
The thing about living in a house called the White House is that you never know who’s going to stop by. By Elissa Silverman and Martin Weil Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — An officer in the uniformed division of the Secret Service was injured yesterday in a scuffle with an apparent intruder at the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Attorneys for Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens filed a stinging motion Sunday in federal court accusing the government of “intentional” and “shocking” misconduct, and asked that the public corruption case be dismissed. The motion, filed by defense attorney Brendan V. Sullivan Jr., accused the government of intentionally withholding key evidence…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In one of the more unusual motions to be filed in a federal court, a lawyer representing a man accused of dealing in kiddie porn has asked that the words “vagina” and “genitalia” be banned from trial. Attorney Ashish S. Joshi filed the motion last week in U.S. District Court in…
The sad tale of U.S. District Judge Thomas Porteous, who has been accused of boozing, gambling and fibbing, is only half the story. His loyal staff is the other half. One even paid his gambling debts. By Richard Rainey New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — When the Judicial Council of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court…
Can Mahmoud A. Omar, a bankrupt, convicted felon who worked undercover for the FBI help the government makes its case in an alleged plot to attack Ft. Dix? Or will he prove to be too much of a con man to give the case credibility? Jury selection was completed last week and opening statements are…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining illegal immigrants in Virginia far too long because, as a judge says, “the system is broken.” By Nick Miroff and Josh White Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON –– Illegal immigrants detained as part of the stepped-up enforcement effort in Virginia stay in the country far longer than they should…
There’s something to be said for loyalty. Despite his pending indictment on federal public corruption charges, Rep. William J. Jefferson managed to muster up enough votes Saturday to come in first in the primary. He now faces a runoff in the November general election. The FBI raided his homes in New Orleans and D.C. on…
