httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25qKkkecfHQ httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyrS8gyVW3k WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Justice Dept.’s Handling of Black Panthers Voters Case Causes Deep Division (Washington Post) James F. Neil, Who Won Cases Against James Hoffa and Watergate Conspirators Dies at Age 81 (Washington Post)
By Justin Blum Bloomberg WASHINGTON — In its search for American-built F-5 fighter jet parts, Iran turned to a father-son company operating out of a yellow stucco cottage on a country road on Ireland’s northwest coast. Tom and Sean McGuinn are accused in a U.S. indictment of conspiracy, trade violations and making false statements to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com James “Harlem” Washington was helping deliver more than the U.S. mail. Washington, a supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service, was convicted Thursday in federal court in New York of running a “Lotto” type numbers gambling operation at the Postal Service and other government facilities that collected about $10 million in wagers,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — At the Pentagon, just across the Potomac, this lunch guest was one of the more unusual ones. The Pentagon confirmed that radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born al Qaeda operative now on a U.S. kill-or-capture list, had lunch at the Pentagon after the Sept. 11, attacks as part…
