Back in the day high-profile criminal defendants and their supporters had to rely on the mainstream media to vent and spin their story. Not anymore. Now there are Facebook pages for defendants or their fans for such notables as Barry Bonds, Bernie Kerik, Rod Blagojevich and Jack Abramoff. Some defendants like Kerik are even tweeting on Twitter. Reporter Rachel Leven examines this phenomenon.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire Next Stop: Closing Arguments. The defense for ex-Rep. William Jefferson rested its case Thursday, opening the door for closing arguments, which are scheduled for Tuesday, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported. The defense and prosecution will each have 2 1/2 hours to argue before the jury of eight women and four men…
Bryne was married and had four sons. Read Washington Post Obit from Sept. 5, 2008 Read DEA Press Release
Well, just when you thought the state of Illinois and Louisiana had New Jersey beat as the most crooked state…Now we have mayors and assemblyman and rabbis involved in a major league scandal. Oye. By Joe Ryan Newark Star-Ledger NEWARK –– Federal authorities arrested 44 people in New Jersey and New York today in a…
Being tech-savvy shouldn’t be an option these days. All the federal agencies need to jump in the pool. By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department relaunched its Web site Wednesday and became the first Cabinet-level agency to follow the tech-savvy White House directives on social media. President Barack Obama’s aides have been…
Los Angeles Times Editorial Page During the uproar over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys by the Bush administration, an ordinary citizen could be excused for thinking that Democrats opposed any role for partisan politics in the operation of the Justice Department. That naive notion has been dispelled as President Obama moves to install his…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –-Seventy years after FBI agents gunned down the infamous bank robber John Dillinger in Chicago, the publicity conscious agency is still working to debunk what it considers the many myths surrounding Dillinger. The FBI press office has now posted on its website a page entitled “The Top 10 Dillinger Myths”….
The war on terrorism has not been an easy task. But it’s only made more difficult when Americans like Vinas help out major terrorist organizations. By Sebastian Rotella and Josh Meyer Tribune Newspapers WASHINGTON — An American from New York’s Long Island who was captured while fighting as an al-Qaida militant in Pakistan has pleaded…
