By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Geek Squad these men were not, at least according to federal authorities in New York. The U.S. Attorney’s Office charged two former Brooklyn men with conspiring to provide material support to Al Qaeda that included providing computer advice, according to an indictment unsealed Friday. The men, Wesam El-Hanafi, 33, is…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI official in Texas told state lawmakers Thursday that kidnappings in the border town of McAllen, Tex., have nearly quadrupled over the last fiscal year, and most were drug related, the Associated Press reported. John Johnson, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI McAllen office, said 42 people were…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In a case that was clearly a big big disgrace to the judiciary, ex-Luzrine County, Pa., Judge Michael T. Conahan pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in the “kids-for-cash” scandal that wrongfully sent some juveniles to jail in exchange for a kickback in cash, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. He now faces…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened a preliminary investigation into Goldman Sachs, the poster child for greed in America. The New York Times, citing “people familiar with the matter’, said the Securities and Exchange Commission, which has filed a civil fraud suit against the financial giant, Goldman, referred the case…
