By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Bad news for U.S. law enforcement. For the second year in a row, law enforcement fatalities — from shootings to traffic incidents –rose sharply nationwide during the first half of 2011. The figure included 40 officers killed by gunfire, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF). The fund…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Sen. John Edwards, a two-time presidential candidate facing federal indictment, got some bad news on Thursday. The Federal Election Commission ruled that Edward’s 2008 campaign must repay $2.3 million in federal campaign funds, the Los Angeles Times reported. The LA Times reported that the FEC audit found the campaign received too…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Tracy Schmaler, the deputy director of the Justice Department’s Office of Public Affairs, is moving on up. Schmaler will take over the top spot in the office, replacing Matt Miller, who steps down next week, the website Main Justice reported. Schmaler, a former reporter for the Vermont Bureau Press, had previously…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some cartoons simply aren’t funny. The Secret Service and FBI are investigating who faxed a racially charged cartoon to the White House and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex), the Houston Chronicle reported. The cartoon depicted nooses and lynching posts, the paper reported. The headline included a racial epithet and the cartoon…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The signs of spillage from the Rupert Murdoch scandal are popping up in New York City. The Wall Street Journal’s Devlin Barrett and Sean Gardner report that the FBI has contacted the New York cops and the FBI’s own victims’ assistance office as part of a probe into whether Murdoch’s News…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Good news for those who think the Transportation Security Administration has gone too far in its efforts to screen airline passengers. The Associated Press reports that TSA is installing news technology at some airports that will show a generic outline of s peson’s body instead of showing an image of the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No surprise here. D.C. U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr. reported for jury duty Monday in D.C. Superior Court, but didn’t make the cut, the Blog of Legal Times reported. “I appreciated the opportunity to fulfill my civic duty,” Machen said in an e-mail to the Blog of Legal Times. “Much to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Now this should be interesting. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold hearings on Tuesday on Operation Fast and Furious and the witnesses should provide some sizzling testimony. Those slated to testify include: Carlos Canino, ATF Acting Attaché to Mexico; Darren Gil, ex-ATF Attaché to Mexico; Jose Wall, ATF…
