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Editorial: Homeland Security Grants Misspent, Steered Away from Terrorism
Ediotial New York Times It was no surprise that a fierce budget hawk like Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, pounced on ridiculous grants doled out by the Department of Homeland Security supposedly to help local police and fire departments prepare for terrorist attacks. Mr. Coburn’s recent report on the department’s decade-long, $7 billion program,…
FBI Raids Indiana Home of Former Jets Offensive Lineman
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents raided the home of former Jets offensive tackle Jason Fabini last Thursday morning, the New York Daily News reports. Fabini, 38, denied any wrongdoing after agents were seen removing boxes from his home in Fort Wayne, Ind. “I am not the target of the investigation and I was not involved…
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New Orleans U.S. Attorneys Falls in Online Scandal
By NOLA.com The Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — Abruptly ending an 11-year run highlighted by the convictions of more than a dozen crooked politicians, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten resigned Thursday morning amid a metastasizing scandal in his office that started with prosecutors posting anonymous screeds on NOLA.com. Letten was the nation’s longest-serving U.S. attorney, having been…
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Senate Approves Appointment of Ex-U.S. Attorney Terrence Berg As Fed Judge
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Eight months after being nominated, Terrence Berg, the former interim U.S. Attorney in Detroit, was confirmed Thursday by the U.S. Senate for a U.S. District Court judgeship in Detroit, the Detroit Free Press reports. Berg had been waiting for Senate approval since President Obama nominated him to the seat in April. Berg…
FBI Expands Corruption Investigation of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, who was arrested in September for allegedly extorting bribes from a parking garage developer, is now under fire for carpeting contracts in former city libraries, the Trenton Times reports. The FBI became suspicious of the carpeting contract after questions were raised in newspapers about Mack’s decision to bypass…