By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A disorderly man aboard a Northwest airlines flight headed from Detroit to Washington Tuesday night was moving toward the cockpit door but a flight attendant intervened and he backed away, authorities said. Walter Vincent Baker, 30, of Michigan, was arrested and charged Arlington County, Va., with public intoxication and…
Whatever happened, it wasn’t likely that Brett Tolman was going to get to stick around under the Obama administration. By Chris Vanocur ABC 4 SALT LAKE CITY– – It looks like it may be more bad news for Brett Tolman. Not only is he feeling the heat for those Native American artifact arrests in Southern…
Some say we’re losing a tool in the war on terrorism. Civil liberty groups say it was a violation of our privacy. Apparently the latter won out. By SIOBHAN GORMAN The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to kill a controversial Bush administration spy satellite program at the Department of Homeland Security,…
This raises an interesting dilemma. Yes, we have a right to know as much about a U.S. Attorney candidate as possible. And yes, clients who are targets of grand juries have a right to privacy. What to do? We assume we can trust nominees like Fishman to recuse themselves in instances where there’s a conflict…
The judge in this case, Emmet G. Sullivan, who presided over the Ted Stevens case, has a low tolerance in instances where the prosecution fails to share evidence with the defense — or do it in a timely manner. In this instance, Sullivan once again was not happy with the Justice Department. By Del Quentin…
The drug trade has long provided dangerous employment and riches for Americans teens seeking the good life. We hear so often of that arrangement in urban areas. Now it’s happening with American teens and Mexican drug cartels. By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. New York Times LAREDO, Tex. — When he was finally caught, Rosalio Reta…
By Rachel Leven ticklethewire.com ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The federal judge in the public corruption trial of ex-Rep. William J. Jefferson chided the government Monday, saying it needed to do a better job focusing its case. “You, the government, need to focus sharply this case,” said U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III. Ellis also criticized the…
Council Member Monica Conyers is not only the subject of public corruption probe involving a sludge hauling contract, but she’s also the target of other suspected payoffs including ones from a Detroit pawnshop. By Leonard M. Flemming, Paul Egan and Charlie LeDuff Detroit News DETROIT — Federal agents are investigating allegations that Councilwoman Monica Conyers…
