History: Weekend Series– Nixon Talks to Atty. Gen. John Mitchell About Vietnam and Ronald Reagan
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Building a Secret Service Agent: It Ain’t Easy
Yes, as you might expect, the training is rigorous, the requirements are tough. Here’s the details. By Laura Blumenfeld Washington Post Sunday Magazine LESSON ONE: Get Ready To Die The teacher walks into the mat room. “Good morning, Mr. Mixon,” the students say in unison. “Cut that [expletive] out. Don’t act like you give a…
HBO Host Bill Maher and Homeland Sec. Napolitano Have Something Just Short of a Love Fest
Janet Napolitano on Bill Maher Show By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com HBO tv host Bill Maher can be downright tough as an interviewer. But Friday night was just short of a love fest when Homeland Security Sec. Janet Napolitano appeared via satellite on his 11 p.m. show “Real Time With Bill Maher”. She must have the…
Ex-U.S. Atty. Christie Could Benefit From News of Latest N.J. Corruption
Public corruption has long plagued New Jersey. Now it’s certain to come up in the governor’s race. Claire Heininger, Josh Margo and Josh Margolin Newark Star-Ledger A week ago, Gov. Jon Corzine was riding high, beaming onstage as President Obama heartily endorsed his re-election. Yesterday, a grim-faced Corzine stepped to another podium to address a…
Drug Czar Says Feds Are Not Pulling Back on Busting Marijuana Farms
Confusion continues to reign over the nation’s policy on marijuana. California lawmakers want to tax the crop. The feds are against legalization. In Fresno County, Calif., federal and local agents in the past 10 days have seized more than $1 billion in marijuana crops and arrested 82 people. By Marc Benjamin The Fresno Bee The…
More on The N.J. Corruption: A Made for Hollywood Movie
Well Hollywood, have it. This case has it all — and then some. I nominate Joe Pesci to play one of the small town mayors. By Ted Sherman and Joe Ryan The Newark Star-Ledger NEWARK — The bribes went down in diners, living rooms and parking lots. New Jersey Assemblymen took them, mayors took them,…
Ex-Fla Judge Pleads Guilty to Fed Charges of Bank Fraud Involving Home he Bought With Stripper
As a judge, one of the words you probably don’t want associated with your legacy is “stripper”, or for that matter “fraud”. Unfortunately, for Fla. Appeals Court Judge Thomas Stringer, those words will forever stick with him. By Colleen Jenkins St. Petersburg Times TAMPA – Former appeals Judge Thomas E. Stringer Sr. has agreed to…
Big Name Criminal Defendants Are Popping Up on Facebook and Twitter
Back in the day high-profile criminal defendants and their supporters had to rely on the mainstream media to vent and spin their story. Not anymore. Now there are Facebook pages for defendants or their fans for such notables as Barry Bonds, Bernie Kerik, Rod Blagojevich and Jack Abramoff. Some defendants like Kerik are even tweeting on Twitter. Reporter Rachel Leven examines this phenomenon.