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Retired Professor Wants to Unseal Hoffa Grand Jury Material to Prove His Theory That Robert Kennedy Used Illegal Wiretaps
The mystery as to where Jimmy Hoffa was buried, and the mystery as to what really happened to him, remains more than 30 years after he disappeared from a suburban Detroit restaurant parking lot. Now a retired law professor wants to add to the mystique by trying to unseal grand jury records in Hoffa’s jury…
Mexican Cartels Using YouTube and Internet
It was inevitable that the crude and violent Mexican drug cartels would evolve and start using some of the modern technology of the Internet to promote their trade. This is just the start. By Rick Jervis USA TODAY The violence among Mexican drug cartels is not filling just the streets of Mexican border towns: It’s…
Miami Judge Blasts Fed Prosecutors and Fines Gov $601,795
For the second time in recent months a federal judge has lashed out at federal prosecutors and accused them improper conduct. In Washington, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan not only just dismissed the conviction of ex-Sen. Ted Stevens, but ordered an independent attorney to probe the misconduct of the government. Now in Miami, a judge has…
FBI Hostage Negotiating Team Brings Experience to Pirate Situation
Perhaps it’s a testament to its reputation that the FBI hostage negotiation team has been called in to help with the pirate hijacking on the high-seas. The unit has been involved in a lot of high profile situations and this is the latest. By Rebecca Cole Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON — The FBI, brought in to…
Judge in Ted Stevens Case No Shrinking Violet
Judge Emmet Sullivan has never been shy about voicing his opinion on the bench and during the trial of Sen. Ted Stevens, he showed just how tough he could be, chastising the government. He may have dismissed the conviction in the Stevens case, but he’s not done going after the government in that case. By…
FBI Hostage Negotiators Join in Piracy Caper on the High-Seas
The FBI has entered the picture, hoping to solve this latest chapter in what has been a mind-boggling pattern of craziness on the high- seas. Nations around the world have to figure out a way to put a stop to this madness. WASHINGTON (AP) – FBI hostage negotiators joined U.S. Navy efforts Thursday to free…
Career Prosecutor Mary Patrice Brown to Head Justice Dept. Office of Professional Responsibility
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As part of a shake up in the Justice Department, career prosecutor Mary Patrice Brown will head up the Office of Professional Responsibilty, an internal unit first established in 1975 following the Watergate scandal to police ethical breaches. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. announced that Brown would serve as…
Kenneth Melson Named Acting Chief of ATF
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Kenneth E. Melson, a federal prosecutor who headed the Justice Department’s Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys since 2007, has been named acting head of ATF. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. made the announcement Wednesday along with some other appointments including Mary Patrice Brown as acting head of the Office…