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Back Off New Jersey: Illinois Still Pretty Corrupt and Has 2nd Most FBI Agents Assigned to Corruption
There’s some badge of pride for being the most corrupt state. Illinois doesn’t want to conceded defeat to New Jersey or any other state for that matter. With 42 Illinois FBI agents assigned to public corruption, only D.C. has more, the Sun-Times points out. BY NATASHA KORECKI Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Hey, back off, New…
FBI Probing D.C.’s Marion Barry’s City Council Contracts
It’s sad how this guy cannot steer clear of the law. As Roseanne Rosannadanna on Saturday Night Live used to say “It’s always somethin. If it’s not one thing it’s another”. Roseanne Rossandanna’s Quote Applies Here. “It’s always somethin. If it’s not one thing it’s another”. By Bill Myers Examiner Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Federal…
More on The N.J. Corruption: A Made for Hollywood Movie
Well Hollywood, have it. This case has it all — and then some. I nominate Joe Pesci to play one of the small town mayors. By Ted Sherman and Joe Ryan The Newark Star-Ledger NEWARK — The bribes went down in diners, living rooms and parking lots. New Jersey Assemblymen took them, mayors took them,…
Defense Rests Case in ex-Rep. William Jefferson Trial: Closing Arguments Set for Tues.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire Next Stop: Closing Arguments. The defense for ex-Rep. William Jefferson rested its case Thursday, opening the door for closing arguments, which are scheduled for Tuesday, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported. The defense and prosecution will each have 2 1/2 hours to argue before the jury of eight women and four men…
Oye: Feds Arrest 44 Including 3 N.J. Mayors, 2 Lawmakers and Rabbis in Scandal
Well, just when you thought the state of Illinois and Louisiana had New Jersey beat as the most crooked state…Now we have mayors and assemblyman and rabbis involved in a major league scandal. Oye. By Joe Ryan Newark Star-Ledger NEWARK –– Federal authorities arrested 44 people in New Jersey and New York today in a…
75 Years Later FBI Still Trying to Debunk Myths About John Dillinger
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –-Seventy years after FBI agents gunned down the infamous bank robber John Dillinger in Chicago, the publicity conscious agency is still working to debunk what it considers the many myths surrounding Dillinger. The FBI press office has now posted on its website a page entitled “The Top 10 Dillinger Myths”….
Fed Judge Questions Why FBI Interview With Cheney Shouldn’t Be Released
We could use some more info to figure out exactly what happened in the Valerie Plame case. The Justice Department wants to keep some things under wraps. In this case, the right thing to do is to be transparent. By Ben Conery Washington Times WASHINGTON — A federal judge questioned Tuesday whether the Justice Department’s…
Head of the Baltimore FBI Amy Jo Lyons Named Assist. Dir. of Inspection Div.
Amy Jo Lyons/fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Amy Jo Lyons, a New Jersey native who headed up the Baltimore FBI, has been named Assistant Director of the FBI Inspection Division. She replaces Kevin Perkins, who is now assistant director of the Criminal Investigative Division at headquarters. “In her new role, Amy will…