Former A.G. Alberto Gonzales left the Justice Department with a big black eye. Now it appears he could be gearing up with more legal help to fend off trouble in the probe into the firing of U.S. Attorneys during his reign. By Zachary Roth TPM Muckraker It’s looking more and more like prosecutor Nora Dannehy’s…
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com QUANTICO , Va. — DEA agents in swat outfits simulated raids on a makeshift methamphetamine lab inside the new-two story building. A studious-looking man in a white lab coat chatted about the scientific side of the highly-addictive drug made of potentially flammable and explosive chemicals. It was all part of the…
Only ONE Question: What is wrong with this picture? By Jonathan Saltzman and Andrew Ryan Boston Globe BOSTON — The regional director of Homeland Security, Customs, and Border Protection was charged today with repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants to clean her Salem home after one cleaner wore a wire during an undercover investigation. Lorraine Henderson is…
In this case, the feds have decided, if you can’t get it right the first or second time, try try again. By Lance Williams San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 4)– Federal prosecutors in San Francisco indicted Barry Bonds for a third time today, once again rewriting the charges facing the former Giants star to…
There’s not much that the disastrous real estate market hasn’t impacted. Now we see it’s even hurting the feds ability to sell seized properties. By Ed White Associated Press DETROIT – Federal prosecutors twice pursued a former autoworker suspected of running a multimillion-dollar drug operation. The first attempt fizzled when Clarence Carson died shortly after…
His sentence was delayed until January. But during a hearing Thursday in Miami, ex-Boston FBI agent John Connolly accused the prosecutor of hiding evidence and denied having any role in a mob murder. By Rich Phillips CNN Senior Producer MIAMI, Fla. — Former FBI agent John Connolly, whose fall from celebrated mob-buster to paid gangland…
The temptation to make money beyond the government paycheck may have been too much for two Border Patrol agents down in Texas. By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press Writer McALLEN, Texas – Two South Texas Border Patrol agents appeared in federal court Thursday on charges alleging they helped drug traffickers move their product across the U.S.-Mexico…
