Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Philadelphia police officer is accused of selling heroin to a confidential informant working for the FBI, Philly.com reports. Jonathan Garcia, 23, was charged Wednesday with four counts of distributing heroin and two counts of carrying a firearm during drug trafficking. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said he plans to suspend Garcia for…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The lawyer for suspected mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger is asking for a big delay in the case for his client, saying the suspect believes his legal conversations are being recorded, the Boston Herald reports. “Bulger has a view, based on his personal experience that all levels of law enforcement are corrupt…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder said he did nothing wrong Thursday after a congressional committee charged him with contempt of Congress for withholding records related to a failed gun-running probe known as Operation Fast and Furious. “The action that the committee took yesterday was unwarranted, unnecessary and unprecedented,” he said in a statement….
By Allan Lengel tickletheiwre.com More info is leaking out about the virus aimed at Iran’s nuclear program. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the U.S. and Israel jointly developed the Flame computer virus that collected intelligence to help slowdown the nuclear program. To read more click here.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s ongoing investigation into illegal fundraising for Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm’s 2010 campaign has led agents to question of at least four people who worked with the Tea Party favorite, the New York Daily News reports. The four who were questioned in the past two weeks were campaign operatives or…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former campaign fundraiser for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was arrested Wednesday on charges he paid bribes and kickbacks related to his outpatient surgery centers, the Associated Press reports. Raghuveer Nayak pleaded not guilty and was released on $10 million bond. The FBI accuses him of…
By Del Quentin WIlber and Keith L. Alexander Washington Post When federal authorities began to investigate allegations of corruption involving prominent D.C. politicians and their campaigns last year, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. took a keen interest in the probes. Machen, the District’s top prosecutor, prodded his staff to work through weekends, demanded regular…
