FBI
Legendary FBI Agent Mark Felt — aka “Deep Throat” — Dies at 95
A legendary newspaper source, his identity became the subject of speculation for decades. By Patricia Sullivan and Bob Woodward Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — W. Mark Felt Sr., the associate director of the FBI during the Watergate scandal who, better known as “Deep Throat,” became the most famous anonymous source in American history, died…
Some FBI Agents in Iraq Got Overtime to Attend Parties and Watch Movies
This comes under the category of “not good publicity for the bureau.” By LARA JAKES JORDAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — Taxpayers were billed an average of $45,000 in overtime and extra pay for each FBI agent temporarily posted to Iraq over the course of four years, according to a new Justice Department report. In…
FBI Says Tribune Story Didn’t Affect Timing of Gov’s Arrest
By The Wall Street Journal Washington Wire The timing of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s arrest wasn’t affected by a Chicago Tribune story that reported Blagojevich was being secretly recorded as part of a political corruption investigation, a Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman said. The Dec. 9 arrest, the spokesman said, had been planned before the…
D.C. Man Charged in Historical Minnesota Fire Commits Suicide
A tragedy ends with another tragedy. By Clarence Williams and Martin Weil Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON –A 64-year-old Northwest Washington man who was charged with causing the largest wildfire in Minnesota in 90 years apparently shot and killed himself yesterday in his back yard. Stephen G. Posniak, an outdoorsman, retired federal employee and former…
JetBlue a Little Blue Over Boozed-Up Passenger and Diverted Flight
Some passengers are better off sticking to Diet Coke and pretzels instead of booze — especially when it means diverting a flight. By Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — The FBI says a JetBlue flight headed from New York to Burbank, Calif., landed in Salt Lake City after an intoxicated passenger caused a disruption. The…
Recent Court Documents
Fed Prosecutors Recommend Prison for Ex-Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway (5-23-13) Another Motion to Try and Set Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Free Pending Sentencing (4-29-2013) Criminal Complaint in Boston Marathon Bombing (4-22-13) Judge Rejects Bobby Ferguson’s Bid to Go Free (4-4-13) Bobby Ferguson, Friend of Ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick, Files Motion to Go Free Pending…
Chicago FBI Agent Shoots Bank Robbery Suspect Who Tries to Run Him Over
As if there wasn’t enough wild and crazy stuff happening in this town. Here’s the latest — a distraction to the Gov. Blagojevich scandal. FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS CHICAGO — A man suspected of robbing a bank in the Uptown neighborhood Monday morning was shot and seriously wounded by an FBI agent downtown near Loyola…
National Lampoon Executive Charged With Stock Fraud: And That’s No Joke
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For National Lampoon , the purveyor of humor, which owns interest in such classic films as Animal House, Monday was no laughing matter. The company’s chief Executive Daniel Laikin, 46, was among seven people charged in a stock fraud scheme that involved National Lampoon and two other companies that artificially inflated stock…