By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. commented Thursday on the deadly effort to extradite Jamaican kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke, and offered condolences to the Jamaican people for “the loss of the citizens and law enforcement officials who have been killed.” “As the Jamaican government seeks to uphold the rule of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s no surprise considering the frequency of attempted terrorist attacks within the U.S. in the past year. CNN reports that an unclassified Department of Homeland Security memo dated May 21 to law enforcement says “the number and pace of attempted attacks against the United States over the past nine…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The deep-seeded signs of corruption continued to surface Wednesday when Mexican authorities arrested the slick mayor of Cancun, a popular tourist destination, on charges of money laundering and working with drug cartels, the Washington Post reported. The Post reported that Mayor Gregorio Sanchez was arrested at the Cancun airport after returning…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Last November, the Baltimore FBI office was named after Sam Hicks, a slain Pittsburgh FBI agent who had worked as a Baltimore cop. Now his name lives on in a piece of national legislation. The House on Tuesday passed a bill named after Hicks that will allow federal law…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some crooks are using the name of the head of the Detroit FBI to run what amounts to a Nigerian scam letter, according to the FBI. The FBI issued a warning saying a bogus letter is being emailed that says the recipient is the beneficiary of millions of dollars and needs…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Four conservative activists including political prankster James O’Keefe, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to misdemeanor charges stemming from their prank in January to tamper with Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office phones in New Orleans, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported. O’Keefe, the group leader and the most prominent of the four, was…
