By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. fired off a letter Thursday to Senate leaders urging them not to pass legislation blocking the administration from moving Guantanamo terrorist suspects to U.S. soil. “This provision goes well beyond existing law and would unwisely restrict the ability of the Executive branch to prosecute alleged terrorists…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday gave the nod to Michele Leonhart to head the DEA and Stacia Hylton to head up the U.S. Marshals Service. The approval came by way of a voice vote on both presidential nominees. The nominations now go before the full Senate for a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The entertainment factor in the trial of ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich continues to be strong. Tapes played Monday during his public corruption trial show Blagojevich tossed around some names to fill the Senate seat vacated by President Obama and mentioned Oprah Winfrey, the Chicago Tribune reported. His chief of staff John…
Gov. Blago stuck to the script: Defiant and bold to the end. BY CHRIS FUSCO and DAVE McKINNEY Chicago Sun-Times SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Blagojevich, making a final plea to the Illinois Senate to avoid being thrown out of office as early as this afternoon, declared this morning “I want to apologize to you guys, but…
The Gov. Blago affair goes back and forth between highly entertaining and highly pathetic. And even if he’s removed from office, the show will go on. The man is an entertainer. BY DAVE MCKINNEY, NATASHA KORECKI and CHRIS FUSCO Chicago Sun-Times SPRINGFIELD – Wiretaps of Gov. Blagojevich’s home phone and his former chief of staff’s…
