By Allan Lengel, ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An investigator for the the U.S. Marshals Service in Washington finds himself in trouble and on administrative leave just days before Christmas. Maria Glod of the Washington Post reports that investigator Peter F. Rouse has been charged with making more than $1,000 in unauthorized charges between August and December…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — After serving as acting head of the DEA since November 2007, Michele Leonhart finally got confirmed as the permanent leader of the agency. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday night unanimously voted to confirm Leonhart, making her the 10th administrator in the DEA’s history, the agency said. Leonhart is the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Atty. Michael Mukasey, who came to the Justice Department at the tail end of the Bush administration, is asking the White House to commute the sentence of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard to time served, the Jerusalem Post reported. In a letter to President Obama, Mukasey, a former…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Las Vegas jury on Tuesday convicted retired San Diego FBI special agent Edward Preciado-Nuno of voluntary manslaughter with use of a deadly weapon in the death of his son’s girlfriend, the Las Vegas Sun reported. The Clark County District Court jury, which deliberated for about five hours, found Edward Preciado-Nuno,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Lawyers for a Somali-born teen charged in a plot to blow up a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland want Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. to keep his mouth zipped. Reuters news service reported that the lawyer for Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, filed a seven-page motion Monday saying Holder’s comments about the…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Down in central Florida, in a county that has regularly voted Republican in presidential races, the First Amendment guarantee of free speech is bumping up against allegations of obscenity over a highly controversial guidebook to pedophilia. “I think there’s some room for debate,” said Lyrissa Lidsky, a professor at…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It took three tries to convict right wing Internet radio talk show host Hal Turner of threatening the lives of three Chicago federal appeals judges over their decision to uphold a ban on handguns. But now he’s off to prison. U.S. District Judge Donald Walter on Tuesday sentenced Turner in Brooklyn…
