By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Washington Post editorial on Tuesday praised FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and endorsed two people who have been mentioned as possible replacements when Mueller’s 10-year term expires in September. The Post said the White House should seriously consider as replacements former deputy Attorney General James B. Comey,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The voice of former Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales was heard again earlier this week when he issued a statement on the execution of Osama bin Laden. Texas Tech University, where Gonzales is a visiting political science professor, released the statement. “I congratulate President Obama and his team for this significant accomplishment….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 20-year-old Saudi student living in Lubbock, Tex., who allegedly considered targeting Americans including President George W. Bush and soldiers formerly stationed at Abu Ghraib, was arrested late Wednesday on terrorism-related charges. The Justice Department charged Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in connection with…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A motorist tooling around an upscale Dallas neighborhood Wednesday night got an unexpected greeting from U.S. Secret Service agents when his muscle car accidentally hopped the curb and ended up on the lawn of a certain prominent person. Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman, said the man was driving sometime around…
Andrew Kreig is Executive Director of the Justice Integrity Project. Kreig has two decades experience as an attorney and non-profit executive in Washington, DC and is an author and longtime investigative reporter. By Andrew Kreig The Justice Department is dropping its disreputable star witness in the latest trial of the 46-defendant “Bid Rig III” corruption…
Douglas B. Wolfe was an FBI agent who also worked for Department of Defense and retired as Senior Special Agent, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture. He runs Fidelity Investigations & Consulting in Maryland and recently launched a blog WorldFamousPrivateEye’s Blog. By Douglas B. Wolfe It’s the week before the busiest holiday travel…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Under the category of “not very surprising”, Dick Cheney was fuming when President Bush refused to pardon vice presidential aide I “Scooter” Libby after he was convicted of lying in the leak investigation into the identity of CIA spy Valerie Plalme. Appearing in an interview on NBC’s Today Show, said ex-…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A lengthy criminal investigation into the controversial firings of U.S. Attorneys during the Bush years ended with a whimper Wednesday. The Associated Press reported that no criminal charges were warranted in the two-year probe that began looking at the firings of 9 U.S. Attorneys, but ended up honing in…
