Please Make Them Go Away: The Salahi Circus Comes to Congress
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Loretta Lynch/law firm photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — With still plenty slots to fill nationwide, President Obama on Wednesday nominated lawyers for U.S. Attorney posts in Louisiana, West Virginia, Kentucky and New York, the website Main Justice reported. The nominees, according to Main Justice, include Stephanie Finley for the Western District of Louisiana; …
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Some of the Who’s Who of the federal law enforcement and intelligence community came to Capitol Hill at multiple hearings to talk about terrorism and security, including FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III Mueller, who warned of the dangers ahead. “As the Christmas Day attempted bombing illustrates the threats…
The upside of this is that the Inspector General for the Justice Department has reviewed this weighty matter and exposed it in a report. Also, the good news is that the FBI says it has stopped this shoddy practice, which also targeted reporters’ phones. In fact, the report says: “Some of the most troubling improper…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It looks like Michele Leonhart, the acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, will soon get the nomination from the White House to fill the post on a permanent basis, according to knowledgeable sources. Leonhart, a former Baltimore cop, joined the DEA in 1980 and rose through the ranks…
By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (A New AOL news site) There are plenty of legal things to buy on eBay, but elephant ivory isn’t one of them. Federal authorities in Los Angeles on Tuesday indicted a Thai national charged with trafficking in ivory from endangered African elephants, and a California doughnut shop owner who allegedly…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Sec. of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Tuesday authorized the temporary activation of up to 900 reserve U.S. Coast Guard service members to “bolster the more than 500 Coast Guard personnel already serving in Haiti in support of the U.S. government’s response to the devastation caused by the Jan….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The effort to nail down the top spot for the Transportation Security Administration has taken one giant step backwards at a time airport security is still a pressing concern among Americans. Nominee Erroll Southers, a former FBI agent, said he is withdrawing his name to lead the agency because…