By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Wisconsin’s U.S. Senators have have nominated two finalists for the U.S. Attorney post in Madison. Senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold have forwarded to the White House the names of Assistant U.S. Attorney John W. Vaudreuil and former Assistant Attorney General Eric J. Wilson, according to the Associated Press. The post…
The report says the FBI made some improvements during the course of the audit, but there were still important improvements that needed to be made. The upside is in the past week the FBI has looked pretty good busting up suspected terrorist plots in Texas, Illinois and N.Y. By Fox News The FBI unit tasked…
The FBI seems to be taking a new approach to terrorism plots. Instead of quickly picking up people, often on lesser charges, authorities are letting the plots unfold a little more so they can charge suspected terrorists with more serious offenses. The tactic seems to have worked in recent cases around the country. By ED…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Is it petty jealousy or just honesty? Some lawyers think that small-time Denver attorney Art Folsom is in over his head representing Najibullah Zazi in the biggest terrorism case in recent times. Stephanie Simon of the Wall Street reports that Folsom has made a career out representing clients for drug possession,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– Transparency, transparency, transparency. And yes, disclosure. That’s often the best policy when the federal government takes a case to trial, particularly a big one. But Bruce Alpert and Jonathan Tilove, reporters at the New Orleans Times-Picayune, have put together an intriguing report on how the FBI failed to disclose…
