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Sen. McCain Opposes Torture; Says Waterboarding Did Not Lead to bin Laden Courier
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Az) wrote Thursday in a Op-Ed piece in the Washington Post that he opposed torture, and said it just isn’t true that waterboarding lead authorities to the trusted courier of the Osama bin Laden. “Much of this debate is a definitional one: whether any or all…
Breaking News: Chief of Hedge Fund Guilty in Historical Insider Trading Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Following an eight week trial, a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday morning convicted Raj Rajaratnam on 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud crimes stemming from his role in the largest hedge fund insider trading scheme in history, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Rajartnam, just another symbol of much what is wrong…
Stripper Loving Jurist Free After 3 Weeks in Prison; Some Think He Got Off Way Too Easy
By Allan Lengel For The Daily A 67-year-old federal judge jailed after a crime spree involving drugs, guns and a prostitute was freed Monday after serving just three weeks. Judge Jack T. Camp, Jr, a Ronald Reagan appointee, agreed to a plea deal, but many in the legal community believe Camp got off easy. The…
Yemen Native Who Tried Opening Cockpit Door Twice is Detained
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Yemen native who tried twice ramming open the cockpit door of American Airlines Flight 1561 bound for San Francisco Sunday night, and yelled “God is great” in Arabic, remained behind bars, the Associated Press reported. A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday ordered Rageh Al-Murisi, 28, of California, detained….
DNA Sample That Could Have Solved Washington State Murder Languished in FBI Lab For 3 1/2 Years
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A DNA sample that could have solved a 2001 murder by a former Seattle cop languished at the FBI lab for 3 1/2 years, the station KIRO 7 news in Seattle reported. The story unfolds like this: In 2001, realtor Mike Emert, 40, was murdered in the Seattle suburb of Woodinville…
Column: Could Hair Determine the Next FBI Director?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Could the new director of the FBI win out by a hair — or many hairs? I know this may sound silly, but I have a theory about hair and certain jobs. And I think this theory could be applicable to the hunt for a replacement for FBI Director…
FBI Agents Association Lauds Proposed Legislation to Use Wiretaps for Probes involving Government Fraud
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Agents Association President Konrad Motyka on Tuesday lauded proposed legislation that would allow investigators to use court-authorized wiretaps for fraud cases involving government programs like the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) introduced language last Friday in bill H.R. 1793, the Clean-Up Government Act of…