By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The DEA has arrested a retired Chicago cop on charges he provided information and lied for a drug organization involved in murder, kidnapping, robbery and narcotics distribution, authorities announced Tuesday. Authorities arrested Glenn Lewellen, a Chicago cop from 1986 to 2002, who allegedly provided information about ongoing federal investigations into the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI has appointed veteran agent Rafael J. Garcia to run its Terrorist Explosives Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) , but some critics say there are people more qualified for the job, reports Jeff Stein’s Spy Talk column in the Washington Post. Spy Talk writes that Garcia, who has been…
By Shira Ovide Wall Street Journal Hey, hedgies, better brush up on Preet Bharara’s CV and predilections. The U.S. Attorney for Manhattan is looking like the new Sheriff of Wall Street–-and he’s a Springsteen fan, to boot. Bharara’s office, along with the FBI and the SEC, are closing in on an insider-trading case that could…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fed prosecutors in San Francisco have decided on Monday not to retry a man who was charged with threatening to kill President Obama via email, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The decision came after a jury on Nov.1 deadlocked in a 6 to 6 vote on whether the racist and violent…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The big Wall Street folks with lots of money could soon be trading in those $3,000 tailored wool suits for orange jumpsuits in what promises to be a full blown, major scandal. F.B.I. agents on Monday raided offices of three hedge funds as part of an escalating probe into insider trading…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Walk through any federal courthouse and it seems security is pretty tight. Still, a Justice Department Inspector General report on courthouse security says federal judges and personnel could be at risk because of poor training, questionable contracts and broken security equipment, the Washington Post reports. The Post’s Ed O’Keefe…
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By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — A jury convicted a Salvadoran illegal immigrant of two counts of first-degree murder today in the killing of intern Chandra Levy, a case that was based on circumstantial evidence and lacked any DNA or forensic evidence. The Superior Court jury reached the verdict for Ingmar Guandique, 29,…
