Mohamad Hammoud/mecklenburg co. sheriff’s photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com They say federal judges have plenty powers, and in fact, they can make a century or more disappear with the snap of a finger. That’s just what happened Thursday when U.S. District Judge Graham Mullen in Charlotte, N.C. reduced the 155 year sentence of Hezbollah supporter…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It continues to be a bumpy road for once upon a time presidential hopeful John Edwards, who also ran as vice president in 2004. The Associated Press reports that a federal grand jury in Raleigh, N.C., is investigating whether he violated campaign finance laws and knew about money used to cover…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Convicted swindler Bernie Madoff won’t be attending the funeral of his son Mark, who committed suicide in his Manhattan home over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported. “Mr. Madoff will not be attending the funeral out of consideration” for his family, attorney Ira Sorkin…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In this turbulent era of WikiLeaks, this hardly seems shocking. Authorities are alleging in a search warrant that a Navy sailor based at Fort Bragg passed classified documents to an undercover FBI agent posing as a foreign intelligence agent, the Associated Press reports. In exchange, he was given cash. AP reported…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It seems conman Bernie Madoff is at peace now that he’s among among fellow thieves. New York magazine has written a fascinating piece on how Madoff seems relieved to have gotten caught and is admired by some of his fellow inmates at the Butner Correctional Facility in North Carolina. Lifer at…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The 23-year-old armed man who was arrested Sunday at a North Carolina airport after President Obama took off appears to be harmless and was nothing more than a “cop wannabe’, a law enforcement source told ticklethewire.com. Airport police at the Asheville Regional Airport in North Carolina on Sunday arrested Joseph Sean…
N.C. Atty. General Roy Cooper/state photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two ex-assistant directors of the FBI have been tasked with reviewing North Carolina’s crime lab, the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office said. The review by ex-FBI agents Chris Swecker and Mike Wolf comes in wake of “a groundbreaking exoneration of a man wrongly accused in…
It’s often hard to tell just how threatening some of the home grown groups are. And at what point do they clearly become a threat and a terrorist? Is there such a thing as waiting too long to find out? By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON — The feds have been hyping their domestic terrorism…
