By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – An FBI agent involved in the Sen. Ted Stevens public corruption case is accusing the government of “violations of policy, rules and procedures as well as possible criminal violations” that include disclosing names of grand jury witnesses during the investigation and altering a document that was later turned over…
In a long drawn out court battle, the government emerged victorious. The question is: How big of a victory is it in the war on terrorism? By Troy Graham The Philadelphia Inquirer CAMDEN, N.J. — A federal jury today found the five foreign-born Muslim men guilty of conspiring to kill military personnel, but not guilty…
It could be an obvious pick considering he’s already involved with the Obama team. We’ll know soon enough. By Joe Palazzolo Legal Times WASHINGTON — With congressional pressure mounting, the short list for the Department of Justice’s No. 2. position appears to be getting shorter all the time. President-elect Barack Obama’s transition staff has declined…
Like in the world of computers and video games, there’s always something new and improved about to come out. Could that be true in the terrorism world? Is the India terror group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, the new and improved al Qaeda? BY JAMES GORDON MEEK DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON – U.S. intelligence was caught off-guard by…
There is slow justice and then there is very very slow justice. Here is the latter. By Craig Whitlock Washington Post Foreign Service SOUTH LITTLETON, England — Soon after al-Qaeda bombed two U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998, a U.S. federal judge issued a warrant for Khalid al-Fawwaz, an accused conspirator in the attacks…
Some people were probably expecting a little jab at Gov. Blagojevich during his speech. But U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitgerald didn’t throw any punches. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PEORIA, Ill. – U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s 9-minute commencement address at Bradley University on Saturday may be most notable for what it didn’t mention: There weren’t any juicy new…
