Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: U.S. Should Offer Snowden Deal to Come Home
The European Parliament has urged its member states to embrace American fugitive Edward Snowden as a “whistle-blower and international human rights defender.”
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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert could spend six months or more in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to lying to the FBI.
Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to More than Four Years for Gun Smuggling
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Border Patrol agent was sentenced in El Paso, Tex. to 51 months in prison for his role in buying guns to be smuggled into Mexico, the Associated Press reports. The sentence was part of a plea deal in which Ricardo Montalvo agreed to plead guilty to recruiting others as straw…
Blago Says He Never Considered a Plea Deal; Appears a Little Nervous About Retrial
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With just days to go before his retrial, ex-Ill. Gov Rod Blagojevich is still speaking his mind. No surprise. The chatty ex-Gov. told the Associated Press Saturday he never considered a plea deal with federal prosecutors. The retrial is set to begin Wednesday in U.S. District Court in downtown Chicago. “There…
Blago Begins Round 2: Has No Intention to Seek Plea
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