Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Yet another instance of the war on terror infringing on personal freedoms? Or a case of bureaucracy standing in the way of justice? Federal Judge Garr M. King has to make that determination. Oregon Live reports that King has delayed ruling on whether the FBI improperly gathered evidence on Portland terrorism suspect…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former FBI evidence technician in the agency’s Merrillville, Ind. office was sentenced Thursday in Hammond, Ind., to 15 months in prison for lying about stealing nearly $80,000 in evidence that she kept for herself instead of properly returning the cash as she claimed she did. Melissa L….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An ex-FBI employee in Indiana pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Hammond in connection with the theft of about $80,000 in evidence from the agency’s storage vault, according to the website nwi.com. Melissa Sims, 36, of Lowell,Ind., who worked as a evidence control technician at the bureau’s Merrillville office in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI is trying to jump start a probe into the 1980s killing of as many as eight people in southeastern Virginia known as the Colonial Parkway murders, the Washington Post reports. The Washington Post’s Maria Glod reports that the FBI is re-examining dozens of pieces of evidence, including…
Barry Bonds could be one lucky guy — that is if the judge in his case tosses out some key evidence, which looks like a possibilty. By Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO — The federal government’s perjury case against Barry Bonds ran into trouble Thursday when a judge questioned whether prosecutors could use…
