Fearless. Uncompromising Ethics. It sounds like the Justice Dept. has picked the right guy to look into the CIA’s alleged torture tactics. By Jenna Russell and Shelley Murphy Boston Globe Staff He is known for his fearlessness and uncompromising ethics and he became a go-to prosecutor for complex and thankless tasks: investigating federal agents, convicting…
The drama around around Washington, thanks goodness, in these instances is not real. It’s just practice for the different federal agencies. You can never be too ready. You can never practice too much. By Laura Blumenfeld Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Five minutes before his job interview, John Fisher parks at Ace Fire Extinguisher…
Between water boarding and withholding info from Congress, the CIA doesn’t really need more bad publicity. But here it is. Ex-CIA Chief Tenet Could Face Sanctions/gov photo By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON – A federal judge has ruled that government officials committed fraud while defending a lawsuit brought by a former…
This guy sounded like big big trouble. Who knows what he got away with when he was overseas. By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON — Andrew Warren, the former CIA officer accused of date rape in Algiers late last year, caused such a ruckus over parking dispute at a Washington, D.C. hotel three years earlier…
It seems the public has a right to know. But does that include grand jury material after trial? The prosecutors say yes. MATTHEW BARAKAT AP News Kyle “Dusty” Foggo is the highest ranking officer in the history of the CIA to be convicted of a federal crime, admitting he abused his influence to steer contracts…
No surprise, the Bush administration is reluctant to share classified legal opinions from the Office of Legal Counsel with the Obama team. The big question is: how can they really justify it? Joe Palazzolo Legal Times WASHINGTON — A senior Justice Department official said Tuesday that “99.8 percent” of the department’s work with President-elect Barack…
