Newly Released FBI Files Show ex-Sen. George McGovern Was Pursued for Years
In April 1975, Sen. George McGovern wanted to know whether the FBI had collected any information on him in case he ended up on the presidential ticket.
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Senator Joins Critics Calling for ATF to Be Rolled into Another Agency
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com At least one U.S. senator says the time has come to end the ATF and absorb it into other law enforcement agencies. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming, wrote a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling for the ATF to be disbanded if it can’t be adequately reformed. “As you know, the…
Columnist: Federal Charges Against Sen. Menendez Are ‘Avoidable Mistake’
By Gerald Krovatin Star-Ledger Guest Columnist Let’s take a deep breath and put the indictment of Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) in perspective. Every few years, the Public Integrity Section of the Justice Department in Washington seems to bring a case against a high-profile elected official that turns out to be a waste of time and…
Secret Service Investigation into Sexual Misconduct Is Bungled by Federal Officials
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigations into the U.S. Secret Service have been bungled by senators and plagued with nepotism allegations against an inspector general, according to congressional and government sources, the Washington Times reports. Despite allegations of sexual misconduct against a Secret Service agent, Sen. Claire McCaskill has demanded an end to the investigation, and Deputy…
FBI Appears to Be Targeting New Jersey Sen. Menendez Over Gifts, Prostitutes
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez appears to be the focus of a criminal investigation that also resulted in a raid last month against an eye doctor accused of lavishing the Democrat with gifts and young prostitutes, two bureau sources told the Daily Caller. The Caller wrote that the FBI’s inquiry has…
NY Daily News Editorial: FBI Director Robert Mueller Must Stop Shutting Out NYPD
By The New York Daily News Editorial Page The pettiness was appalling as FBI Director Robert Mueller explained why the feds had left Police Commissioner Ray Kelly out of the loop on the underwear bomb plot. “As I told Ray, he’s always welcome to call,” Mueller said. Question, Mr. G-man: Must Kelly say, “Pretty please,”…
Taxpayers Dish Out Nearly $1.8 Million to Defend Lawyers in Failed Prosecution of Late Ted Stevens
Brad Heath USA Today WASHINGTON – The federal government has spent nearly $1.8 million defending prosecutors from allegations they broke the law in the botched corruption case against former Alaska senator Ted Stevens, Justice Department records show. The case against Stevens fell apart three years ago when the Justice Department admitted its attorneys had improperly…
Minn. Man Charged With Sending Threatening Email to Vice Pres. Joe Biden, Gov and Senator
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 45-year-old Minnesota man was indicted Thursday for hacking into his neighbor’s wireless router Internet service and sending threats to the vice president and the governor and senator from Minnesota from email under the neighbor’s name. Authorities said Barry Vincent Ardolf was charged with two counts of aggravated identity theft, one…
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