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Justice Dept. Conducting Routine Probe of FBI Fatal Shooting of Imam in Michigan
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has launched a routine investigation into the fatal FBI shooting in Michigan of a Muslim imam in October, the Detroit News reported. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mi), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who had asked the Justice Department to probe the matter, announced the news at…
EX-Atty. Gen. Mukasey Slams Administration About 9/11 Trial; Says N.Y.Trial Was About “Showboating” and Reflects “Amateur Night” at Justice
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5 D.C. Area Men Held in Pakistan Claim FBI and Pakistani Police Tortured Them
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The allegation came on a tissue. The Associated Press is reporting that the five Washington, D.C. area men suspected of terrorism, who are being held in Pakistan, scribbled allegations on a tissue that they were subjected to electric shocks and other torture by the FBI and Pakistani police. The AP reported…
FBI and Homeland Security to Get Extra $$$ in Obama’s Budget Proposal
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– The FBI would get an additional $219 million for national security and $19 million to hire dozens of new agents to fight crime on American Indian reservations under the President’s $3.8 trillion budget proposal, according to the Washington Post. Under the proposed budget, the Post reports that the Department…
Case Moving Forward Against Miss. FBI Agent Philip Halbert Neilson
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Criminal proceedings are moving forward in the case against Mississippi agent Philip Halbert Neilson, who is accused of failing to disclose his financial interest in a leased FBI building in Oxford, Miss. Neilson pleaded not guilty Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Allan Alexander in Oxford, the Associated Press reported. A March…
Chicago Alderman Carothers Latest to Go Down After Getting Bit by the Bribery Bug
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Chicago has long been known for its deep dish pizza, blues, Dah Bears, Dah Bulls and public corruption. In living up to the latter, Alderman Isaac Carothers, a key ally of Mayor Daley, resigned Monday after striking up a deal with the feds that will put him behind bars for more…
New Orleans U.S. Atty. Jim Letten Recuses Himself From Phone Tampering Scandal
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com New Orleans U.S. Attorney Jim Letten removed himself last week from the phone tampering scandal involving Sen. Mary Landrieu’s New Orleans office, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported. The paper said a press release sent Monday night to reporters stated Letten recused himself from the case because of “various relevant factors.” The…