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Ex-Atty. Gen. Mukasey Asks White House to Release Convicted Spy Jonathan Pollard
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Atty. Michael Mukasey, who came to the Justice Department at the tail end of the Bush administration, is asking the White House to commute the sentence of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard to time served, the Jerusalem Post reported. In a letter to President Obama, Mukasey, a former…
FBI Challenge: Is the Calif. Geezer Bandit Wearing a Mask?
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Ex-FBI Agent Convicted in Las Vegas of Voluntary Manslaughter
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Las Vegas jury on Tuesday convicted retired San Diego FBI special agent Edward Preciado-Nuno of voluntary manslaughter with use of a deadly weapon in the death of his son’s girlfriend, the Las Vegas Sun reported. The Clark County District Court jury, which deliberated for about five hours, found Edward Preciado-Nuno,…
Lawyers in Portland Terrorism Case Want Atty. Gen. Holder to Shut Up
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Lawyers for a Somali-born teen charged in a plot to blow up a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland want Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. to keep his mouth zipped. Reuters news service reported that the lawyer for Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, filed a seven-page motion Monday saying Holder’s comments about the…
Arrest of Author of Pedophile Guide Book Raises Legal Issues
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Down in central Florida, in a county that has regularly voted Republican in presidential races, the First Amendment guarantee of free speech is bumping up against allegations of obscenity over a highly controversial guidebook to pedophilia. “I think there’s some room for debate,” said Lyrissa Lidsky, a professor at…
Right Wing Talk Show Host Gets 33 Months for Threatening Lives of 3 Fed Judges
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It took three tries to convict right wing Internet radio talk show host Hal Turner of threatening the lives of three Chicago federal appeals judges over their decision to uphold a ban on handguns. But now he’s off to prison. U.S. District Judge Donald Walter on Tuesday sentenced Turner in Brooklyn…
Critics Say Justice Dept. May Be Gun Shy Going After Lawmakers
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Is the Justice Department losing its nerve to go after Congress members? The New York Times reports that critics feel that way in wake of the dismissal of some high profile probes into members of Congress like Sen. John Ensign (R-Nevada) and Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.). “They’re gun-shy,” J….
FBI’s John Perren Talks Terrorism, the Internet and the Endless Battle
WASHINGTON – Earlier this month, on the 5th floor of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, in the shadow the nation’s Capitol, John G. Perren, special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Branch, talked to ticklethewire.com editor Allan Lengel about lessons learned since Sept. 11, about the challenges the Internet has posed for terrorism investigations and…