By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com In Indiana, in the heart of the Midwest, a Chinese national working for two major U.S. companies pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing trade secrets about food products and pesticides and giving them to people in China and Germany, the Justice Department announced. It marked the first time ever that the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Speaking anonymously to the Washington Post, several attorneys said dozens of career antitrust lawyers at the Justice Department say they are likely to quit if the department goes ahead with plans to close four regional offices. Plans were announced earlier this month to close offices in the antitrust division in Atlanta,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. is an honorable man. So I believe him when he tells Congress he didn’t know about ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious until the controversy exploded in 2011. The problem is that he needs to take responsibility for it. Period. He’s the top dog. People…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The war of letters between Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif) and Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. continues. The latest: Issa released on Monday a letter he sent to Holder sharply chastising him. Issa’s letter was in response to one Holder wrote Friday to Issa saying his his Congressional testimony on Operation Fast…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The press release issued Wednesday out of the Justice Department seemed a little peculiar if only because of a glaring omission. “Florida Man Indicted for Transportation, Receipt, and Possession of Child Pornography” the headline of the press release read. It went on to mention the name of the person, Anthony Mangione,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sometimes curiosity just isn’t enough reason to do something. At least that’s what the government seems to believe as it fights efforts by the group Judicial Watch, which has asked under the Freedom of Information Act for photos and videos of al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden after he was killed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Apparently the controversy over the Justice Department paying $16 a muffin at a conference isn’t quite over yet. Now comes the Capital Hilton hotel, which charged $4,200 for $250 muffins at a Justice Department conference in 2009. The hotel is denying the charge was just for muffins, contrary to an Inspector…
By PETE YOST Associated Press WASHINGTON — Muffins: $16 apiece. Coffee: more than a dollar an ounce. Snacks: $32 per person. A report issued Tuesday by the Justice Department’s inspector general found excessive spending on food and beverages in an audit of 10 department conferences. Justice spent about $490,000 on food and beverages at the…
