By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Call it the sign of the times. The FBI won’t let 26-year-old Muslim American Yahya Wehelie fly home to Virginia from the Middle East, the New York Times reports. Wehelie spent 18 months in Yemen. In May, he was heading home to Virginia and was changing planes in Cairo when the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Is the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Alexandria, Va., trying to run with the big dogs in New York in the area of securities fraud? A Wall Street Journal report gives a resounding Yes to that question. The paper’s Law Blog reports that U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride of Virginia “is…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI is trying to jump start a probe into the 1980s killing of as many as eight people in southeastern Virginia known as the Colonial Parkway murders, the Washington Post reports. The Washington Post’s Maria Glod reports that the FBI is re-examining dozens of pieces of evidence, including…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is leaving behind more than just a shaky legacy. The Atty. General, now a professor and administrator at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Tex., has put his McLean, Va. hamlet up for sale for 1.075 mil, according to the Washington Post’s Reliable Source column. The…
Update: Stanford Indicted Friday Morning (N.Y. Times) It’s been hard to stomach seeing that swindlers like R. Allen Stanford and Bernie Madoff not only lived the good life, but enjoyed the respect of so many people who admired their wealth. By MARY FLOOD and TOM FOWLER Houston Chronicle HOUSTON — Federal prosecutors are expected to…
Unless we want to see these types of attacks become even more popular, state and federal authorities need to beef up their cyber defenses – and fast. By Brian Krebs Washington Post Hackers last week broke into a Virginia state Web site used by pharmacists to track prescription drug abuse. They deleted records on more…
It’s an interesting mix of candidates for the U.S. Atty. post in Virginia. The question is whether President Obama wants to deal with the possible backlash of appointing an ex-lobbyist or the Virginia governor’s brother-in-law. The latter might look just a little too much like political cronyism even if he is well qualified. Va. Gov. Tim…
