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Charges Against Ex-Secret Service Agent Thrown Out

allan13 years ago11 years ago01 mins

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Patrick Caldwell is breathing a few sighs of relief. Bloomberg reports that the ex-deputy assistant director of the Secret Service had conspiracy charges against him thrown out last week. In the first prosecution of alleged foreign bribery charges based on a government sting operation run inside the country, US District Judge Richard…

Ex-Secret Service Agent-Turned Executive on Trial in Foreign Bribery Sting

allan13 years ago11 years ago02 mins

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former Secret Service agent, who rose through the ranks to become a deputy assistant director, is on trial in federal court in Washington in what Bloomberg news reports is the first prosecution of a foreign bribery based on a government sting run inside the U.S. Ex-agent R. Patrick Caldwell is…