By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Over the years, Toyota’s catchy slogans have included: “Oh, what a feeling!”; “I love what you do for me, Toyota! and “Who could ask for anything more”. Now of days, it may be something like: “Seriously, We’re Sorry!” The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the auto giant, which…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Anthony Pellicano case just keeps giving. The latest: Joann Wiggan, 56, a former SBC phone company worker, was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles to 3 years and 5 months in prison and fined $7,500 for helping Pellicano, the rogue detective to the stars, wiretap big name actors like Sylvester Stallone,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The former Denver airport shuttle driver who planned to bomb the New York subway is now a convicted terrorist. Najibullah Zazi, 25, an Afghan native, admitted in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn Monday to the plot and said he was recruited by al-Qaida in Pakistan for a “martyrdom plan” against America,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A tipline and DNA evidence led to the arrest of two men Sunday in connection with 10 church arsons and three attempted church break-ins in east Texas since Jan. 1, the Dallas Morning News reported. The paper reported that Daniel George McAllister, 21, of Ben Wheeler and Jason Robert Bourque, 19,…
It’s great to see the U.S. and Mexico cooperating at this level. But it won’t be without some disappointment. Sharing intelligence with the Mexican federal police has its drawbacks. The organization is subject to serious corruption, and it’s likely some intelligence is going to be shared with the drug cartels. Not that the U.S. federal…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The body of a missing retired FBI agent was found in Waller County, Texas late last week near her car, the Waller County News Citizen reported. The paper said unconfirmed reports indicated Patricia Durney had suffered a bullet wound to the head. It said authorities were trying to determine whether it…
Los Angeles Times Editorial When President Obama nominated Michele Leonhart to head the Drug Enforcement Administration last month, those hoping for a sensible federal policy regarding medical marijuana — one that promotes scientific research into its medicinal value and eschews prosecution when it is used in accordance with local laws — shivered. As special agent…
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed By Clarence Page Chicago Tribune Columnist WASHINGTON — Resistance to political influence is a virtue in a good attorney general. Tone deafness to politics is not, especially when the public fails to understand the virtue in what you’re doing. That appears to be why, as much as he prefers a civilian trial…
