The FBI’s Top Ten Stories of the Week

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Bernie Madoff’s accountant was charged with securities fraud. An Albany on-line organ transplant broker was charged with defrauding desperately ill patients. And an ex-FBI agent was convicted in California in a home invasion robbery scheme. These were just some of the stories that made the FBI’s Top Ten Stories…

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Atty. Gen. Holder Announces More Openess With Freedom of Informaton Act

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –  This announcement comes under the category of: “I’m skeptical”. Some federal law enforcement agencies have been reluctant to give up information, even the simplest of information. So this is very welcome. But still, I’m  attaching  a  wait-and-see caveat to this. Attorney Gen. Eric Holder on Thursday announced “comprehensive new…

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Senate Judiciary Gives the Nod to Dawn Johnsen for DOJ Office of Legal Counsel

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –If you’re looking for any inkling of bipartisanship in Washington, don’t count on  the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee voted 11-7  Thursday to confirm the nomination of  Dawn E. Johnsen as Office of Legal Counsel for the Justice Department. All the Republicans voted against her except for Sen. Arlen Specter…

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