By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Nixonian-like probing by the IRS into conservative organizations is causing a stir. The Washington Post reports that Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered a criminal into the matter. “I have ordered an investigation to be done,” Holder said Tuesday. ”The FBI is coordinating with the Justice Department to see if…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has been investigating Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins for at least 20 months, but the focus of the inquiry remains unclear, the WFAA News 8 reports. News 8 reported that FBI agents with subpoenas and questions entered Watkins’ courthouse office on July 13, 2011. One thing is clear, according…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal officials are calling for an investigation into ATF after a flawed sting operation in Milwaukee, the Associated Press reports. The ATF raided a storefront operation in search of felons committing drug and gun offenses but never made a major arrest. During the raid of Fearless Distributing, which sold designer clothing, drug…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four teenagers were convicted of murdering a 30-year-old Chicago woman and sent to prison in 1994. After evidence surfaced that the teens were innocent, the prosecutor’s office earlier this year released them. Now the Justice Department wants to know how and why the four teens were convicted, the Associated Press reports. Cook…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested Trenton Mayor Tony Mack and others this morning as part of an ongoing corruption investigation, NBC 4 New York reports. Among the potential charges facing the mayor is conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion. Also taken into custody were top campaign contributor Joseph “JoJo” Giorgianni and six others,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Media coverage of national security issues has become more difficult because employees at federal agencies have been afraid to speak out since the FBI began its hunt for leakers of sensitive information, the New York Times reports. In one of the most thorough criminal investigations of intelligence disclosures in years, agents are…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The U.S. government has estimated that about 4.1 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico by BP in 2010 were never cleaned up. Now the Justice Department is investigating whether BP execs lied to Congress about the total amount of oil leaked, reported the Wall Street Journal on Monday….
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Authorities are investigating leaks about a thwarted al Qaeda plot to blow up a U.S.-bound plane, reports the New York Times. FBI Director Robert Mueller told a Congressional Committee Wednesday that the the leaks are compromising national security efforts and would be pursued accordingly. White House efforts to prosecute individuals who leak security…
