As I’ve said many times, there has to be a way to tone down the politics in the selection of U.S. Attorneys. The mess during the Bush years should have been enough to spark some type of reform, and put in place some safeguards to make sure no one is removed for political reasons. Apparently…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Steven M. Martinez, the head of the FBI’s Las Vegas Division, moves further west where he’ll take over the FBI’s Los Angeles office. He replaces Salvador Martinez, who retired. “Steve’s breadth of experience in his nearly 23 years of service to the FBI makes him well-suited for this role,”…
This guy is obviously very smart. But not smart enough to evade the law TWICE. By Kevin Poulsen WIRED A former teenage hacker who once served prison time for an online stock-trading scheme pleaded guilty last week to new charges of cracking a New York-based currency exchange service and gifting himself more than $100,000. On…
It’s never a good thing when you talk about murdering an informant and the person you’re talking to happens to be an undercover FBI agent. Short of an insanity plea, you’re in big big trouble. By Del Wilber Washington Post WASHINGTON — One of the members of the taxi industry charged in a far-reaching bribery…
In the wake of the arrests of some suspected terrorists, we’re now learning of the difficulties the FBI had tracking them. In New York, the counterterrorism task force apparently lost suspect Najibullah Zazi on the NY subway for a brief time. And now we see here the difficulties the FBI had tracking Hosam “Sam” Smadi….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s official. Defense attroney and former former federal prosecutor Paul J. Fishman is the new U.S. Attorney for New Jersey. The U.S. Senate confirmed his appointment Thursday night, the Newark Star-Ledger reported. Fishman, 52, will replace Ralph J. Marra, who has been acting U.S. Attorney since Chris Christie stepped down to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The star power of the late Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith lives on. She’s making headlines again after the Associated Press reported that the FBI had investigated in 2000 and 2001 whether she was involved in a murder-for hire plot to kill her late wealthy husband’s son E. Pierce Marshall during…
