By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Warren Bamford, a well-respected figure in the FBI who heads the Boston office, will retire next month after 24 years with the agency to take a job with a private utility, the Boston Globe reported. Gail Marcinkiewicz, a spokeswoman for the Boston FBI, told the Globe Bamford’s last day will be…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has picked one of the nation’s most tenacious federal prosecutors, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago, to investigate “whether defense lawyers at Guantánamo Bay compromised the identities of covert CIA officers,” Newsweek’s DeClassified column reported. “The probe was triggered by the discovery last year…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, regarded as the gold standard for U.S. Attorneys, plans to personally prosecute two men accused of being part of the 2008 bombings in Mumbai, India that killed 170 people, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The paper reported that Fitzgerald has personally prosecuted only one case in Chicago…
Ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich never misses a chance to take a shot at his nemesis, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. This time is no different. By Amanda Carpenter Washington Times Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich blamed federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald for the suicide of his friend Christopher Kelly and likened the attorney’s tactics to those used by…
Yes, the Rod Blagojevich circus is coming back to town. Expect to see plenty appearances on tv as he hawks his book. In it, he blames five people for his problems including U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald. By Stacy St. Clair, Jeff Coen and Rick Pearson Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — After myriad television appearances, radio shows…
Patrick Fitzgerald says reporters must obey when ordered by a judge to reveal sources. I disagree. Some of the biggest corruption scandals would never have come to light without reporters’ willingness to protect sources and go to jail if necessary. Besides, the real point here is that Congress needs to pass a federal shield law…
Should a U.S. Attorney come out with verbal guns blazing after making an arrest? Is it unfair to the defendant? Is it unfair to the public to keep quiet? Where’s the boundaries? BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Chicago Sun-Times Political Reporter CHICAGO — Speaking to 200 lawyers from around the country Thursday, retired appellate Judge Abner…
Los Angeles Times Editorial Page During the uproar over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys by the Bush administration, an ordinary citizen could be excused for thinking that Democrats opposed any role for partisan politics in the operation of the Justice Department. That naive notion has been dispelled as President Obama moves to install his…
