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U.S. Atty in Chicago Asks Obama Not To Release Report on His Staff & Blagojevich Scandal
Just when you thought things couldn’t get more interesting, the U.S. Attorney makes a special request during the holiday season. BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Barack Obama insisted once again Monday that his office did nothing wrong in its contacts with Gov. Blagojevich’s office over a replacement for Obama’s seat in the…
Chicago FBI Agent Shoots Bank Robbery Suspect Who Tries to Run Him Over
As if there wasn’t enough wild and crazy stuff happening in this town. Here’s the latest — a distraction to the Gov. Blagojevich scandal. FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS CHICAGO — A man suspected of robbing a bank in the Uptown neighborhood Monday morning was shot and seriously wounded by an FBI agent downtown near Loyola…
A Moment in History: LBJ and J.Edgar Hoover Chat About Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby and Polygraphs
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ATF Says Accelerant Was Poured Around Sarah Palin’s Church
It may be that this country is not quite ready to give up on the the great political race of 08. Or maybe it’s just a crazy arsonist? By The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An accelerant was poured around the exterior of Gov. Sarah Palin’s church before fire heavily damaged the building, federal investigators…
Hollywood Private Eye Anthony Pellicano Sentenced to 15 Years
The end of a Hollywood-like life was a painful one for Anthony Pellicano. The only snooping he’ll be doing will be behind bars. By Victoria Kim Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano was sentenced to 15 years in prison this afternoon for running an illegal wiretapping operation that gathered…
National Lampoon Executive Charged With Stock Fraud: And That’s No Joke
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For National Lampoon , the purveyor of humor, which owns interest in such classic films as Animal House, Monday was no laughing matter. The company’s chief Executive Daniel Laikin, 46, was among seven people charged in a stock fraud scheme that involved National Lampoon and two other companies that artificially inflated stock…
Secret Service Acted “Appropriately” in Bush-Shoe Throwing, But Response Under Review
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service said Monday that its agents responded “appropriately” to Sunday’s shoe throwing incident in Iraq involving President Bush, but the incident was under review. “We’re looking at the incident to see if there’s anything that we can do better,” said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan. “We…
Did Chicago Tribune End Up Blowing Part of the Fed’s Case Against Gov. Blagojevich?
The Chicago Tribune’s decision to go to print may have cost prosecutors some other big fish in the scandal. By Cam Simpson Wall Street Journal CHICAGO — Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a crime from being committed. That…