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Ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Must Be Frustrated Seeing Prospective Black Jurors Bounced
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick must have been frustrated on Thursday as he sat at the defense table in federal court in downtown Detroit during jury selection for his public corruption trial. Kilpatrick complained recently that there weren’t enough prospective black jurors in the jury pool. Lawyers will…
A DEA Agent, an Undercover Sting and the Capture of ‘The Merchant of Death’
By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON –– The DEA agents sat day after day in their smoke-filled command post in a Bucharest police station, checking their phones and e-mails for confirmation that one of the world’s most notorious arms dealers was coming. Their sting was an elaborate one, a ruse involving a…
And Now for the Big News of the Campaign: GQ Discloses Paul Ryan’s Secret Service Code Name
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In a presidential race that has been fairly dull so far comes this exciting news: GQ magazine has reported that Paul Ryan’s Secret Service code name is “Bowhunter.” The magazine reports that Ryan’s favorite hobby is bow hunting. Romney’s code name is “Javelin,” which may come from the AMC car company…
Did Someone Really Steal Mitt Romney’s Tax Records?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Could it be that someone has stolen Mitt Romney’s much-talked about tax records? Politico reports that the Secret Service is looking into a claim by someone that they were able to get tax records from the accounting firm of Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Franklin, Tenn. The person is demanding a $1 million…
Who Knew? Late Bee Gee Robin Gibb Was Under FBI Scrutiny
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com When you think of the Bee Gees, you think of disco music, not the FBI. But Josh Margolin of the New York Post reports that the late Bee Gee Robin Gibb came under FBI scrutiny after he sent threatening correspondence to the lawyers representing his then-wife. Margolin wrote: The Rock ’n’…
Health care driving their proposals has never been of an
The ACA has been a step in that direction Canada Goose Outlet, but one that remains incomplete and is marred by a number of serious design flaws that require fixing. Health care driving their proposals has never been of an egalitarian system. Instead, their vision is a system in which every American has access to…
Former ICE Chief of Staff Enters Settlement Talks
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ICE official accused of sexual harassment, retaliation and lewd behavior is moving into settlement talks with the federal government, Fox News reports. Former Ice Chief of Staff Suzanne Barr, who resigned last week, has come under criticism from male employees who claimed she was running a “frat-house”-style agency. The deadline…