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FBI Files Show Hoover Detested Jack Anderson
J. Edgar Hoover was apparently never short of disparaging words when it came to investigative columnist Jack Anderson. Can you say ” lower than the regurgitated filth of vultures?” Hoover apparently could. By Pete Yost and Lara Jacks Jordan The Associated Press WASHINGTON — In caustic comments on internal FBI memos, bureau director J. Edgar…
Blackwater Tries To Patch Up Black Eye: Recruits Hutchinson
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Blackwater Worldwide, the target of intense public criticism and an FBI probe into arms smuggling into Iraq, has appointed former undersecretary of Homeland Security Asa Hutchinson to a three-person committee to ensure that it complies with U.S. Export laws. “Our Company has experienced remarkable growth in the last few years,” Erik…
Feds In N.Y. Bust 26 For Selling “Hot Kielbasa”
This “hot kielbasa” didn’t require any mustard. By Associated Press NEW YORK – A Brooklyn butcher shop worker called his specialty “hot kielbasa” _ for snorting, not eating. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says the kielbasa was really cocaine _ not the Polish sausage sold in a popular meat market. According to a criminal complaint, the…
State Senator In Louisiana Pleads Guilty
Derrick Shepherd, who tried unsuccessfully to unseat Rep. William Jefferson in the last election, could be off to prison. But he could have some info for the feds that could mean more trouble for indicted Rep. William J. Jefferson. By Paul Rioux New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — Derrick Shepherd pleaded guilty to one count…
Colin Powell Vows For Sen. Steven’s Honesty
Sen. Ted Stevens is bringing in the heavy artillery. The latest: testimony from Colin Powell. By Erika Bolstad and Richard Mauer Anchorage Daily News WASHINGTON – One of the nation’s best-known retired Army generals, Colin Powell, described Sen. Ted Stevens in court today as a “trusted individual” and a man with a “sterling” reputation. “He…
Recorded Talk In Violent Brooklyn Case Echo the Sopranos
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In a case out of the Sopranos, the FBI used tape recordings and informants to bust five guys for “conspiring to obstruct” a federal civil lawsuit in Brooklyn. A criminal complaint, unsealed last week, said the civil lawsuit forced Keystone Renovations Corp. to pay a prevailing wage to employees. The company…
Under the Ooops Category: New Orleans Cop Off To Prison
NEW ORLEANS –Donald Battiste, a former New Orleans Police Officer was sentenced last week in federal court here to 4 years and 9 months in prison for civil rights violations in connection with the beating and robbery of a man he thought was an itinerant worker, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. It ended up the…
Kansas U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren Steps Down
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As we prepare to usher in a new administration, U.S. Attorneys are heading for safer ground. The latest is U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren in Wichita, Ks., who stepped down this week to be sworn in as Kansas’ newest federal district judge, the Justice Department announced. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marietta Parker will…