By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The effort to nail down the top spot for the Transportation Security Administration has taken one giant step backwards at a time airport security is still a pressing concern among Americans. Nominee Erroll Southers, a former FBI agent, said he is withdrawing his name to lead the agency because…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Could this be a preview of what’s to come when Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 terror suspects go on trial in New York? Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist accused of opening fire on American soldiers and F.B.I. agents while being detained in Afghanistan in July 2008, didn’t last very…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — About 150 FBI agents executed 14 search warrants around the country and in London and 22 executives and employees in the law enforcement and military products industry were arrested as part of a sting involving allegations of foreign bribery,authorities announced Tuesday. Twenty one people were arrested in Las Vegas …
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two DuPage County men in Illinois have been busted for allegedly plotting to kill an assistant U.S. Attorney in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reported. Authorities charged Jack Mann, 41, of Naperville, Ill. and Frank Caira, 39, of Downers Grove, Ill. The Trib reported that a defense lawyer for an ex-convict told…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — With the ex-Sen. Ted Stevens and ex-Rep. William Jefferson cases over, Washington needs a new political scandal involving the FBI. So here we go. Politico is reporting that FBI agents have started interviewing folks connected with Sen. John Ensign (R-Nevada) who was involved in a sex scandal. The publication…
Ex-U.S. Atty. Kenneth Wainstein By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The recent plea agreement involving NBA Wizards star Gilbert Arenas created an interesting set of circumstances: His attorney Kenneth Wainstein, a former U.S. Attorney for the District, was up against the office he used to run. In fact, the acting U.S. Attorney, Channing Phillips, a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A major probe by the FBI and Justice Department into the New Orleans Police department’s behavior in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is continuing to show signs of life. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that Police Superintendent Warren Riley, his predecessor Eddie Compass and other top police brass testified Friday before…
FBI used lawmaker’s photo for bin Laden By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Try telling that to Spanish lawmaker Gasperon Llamazers. On Tuesday, the angry lawmaker rejected the United States’ apology after the FBI used his photo to create a digitally aged image of Osama bin…
