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FBI Agents Collecting Data From New Orleans City Hall
If any FBI office is busy with public corruption, it’s New Orleans. The presence of FBI agents at city hall comes as the state’s infamous ex-Rep. William J. Jefferson is on trial in Alexandria, Va., on public corruption charges. By David Hammer New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — FBI agents have been in New Orleans…
Fed Prosecutor Says Holocaust Museum Shooter Still Too Ill for Court Appearance
I imagine some white supremacists are proud that 88-year-old James W. von Brunn shot and killed a black man at a Jewish museum. But are they still proud of him now that the FBI has found child pornography on his computer? By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The 88-year-old white supremacist…
D.C. ATF Agent Faced With Choice: Pull Gun or Call For Help and Chase Suspects
Most law enforcement agents and officers are faced with the dilemma at some point or another: pull out the gun and fight it out or call for back up and follow the suspects. ATF Agent Bill Crummett had to make that decision. By Clarence Williams Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Bill Crummett had just…
UPDATE: Disorderly Passenger Aboard Northwest Flight Walked Toward the Cockpit Door But Flight Attendant Intervened
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A disorderly man aboard a Northwest airlines flight headed from Detroit to Washington Tuesday night was moving toward the cockpit door but a flight attendant intervened and he backed away, authorities said. Walter Vincent Baker, 30, of Michigan, was arrested and charged Arlington County, Va., with public intoxication and…
Utah U.S. Atty. Tolman on Way Out; Replacement Suggested
Whatever happened, it wasn’t likely that Brett Tolman was going to get to stick around under the Obama administration. By Chris Vanocur ABC 4 SALT LAKE CITY– – It looks like it may be more bad news for Brett Tolman. Not only is he feeling the heat for those Native American artifact arrests in Southern…
Dept. of Homeland Security to Kill Controversial Spy Satellite Program
Some say we’re losing a tool in the war on terrorism. Civil liberty groups say it was a violation of our privacy. Apparently the latter won out. By SIOBHAN GORMAN The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to kill a controversial Bush administration spy satellite program at the Department of Homeland Security,…
N.J. Nominee for U.S. Atty. Paul Fishman Refuses to Disclose Full Client List
This raises an interesting dilemma. Yes, we have a right to know as much about a U.S. Attorney candidate as possible. And yes, clients who are targets of grand juries have a right to privacy. What to do? We assume we can trust nominees like Fishman to recuse themselves in instances where there’s a conflict…
Justice Dept. Wants Charges Dropped Against Mexican; Judge Chastises Prosecutors for Failing to Turn Over Evidence Quickly to Defense
The judge in this case, Emmet G. Sullivan, who presided over the Ted Stevens case, has a low tolerance in instances where the prosecution fails to share evidence with the defense — or do it in a timely manner. In this instance, Sullivan once again was not happy with the Justice Department. By Del Quentin…