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Surprise: Detroit Judge Orders Militia Members Free on Bond
UPDATE: The Judge late Monday granted a request by the U.S. Attorney to delay until Wednesday at 5 p.m. the release of the suspects to give the government time to decide whether to appeal her ruling, the Detroit Free Press reported. By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In a ruling that raises some questions about strength of…
President Obama Off the Hook for Now in Blagojevich Criminal Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Well Prez, you’re off the hook for now. Looks like you won’t be going to the Blagojevich circus. A federal judge in Chicago on Friday refused to issue a subpoena for President Obama to testify in the trial of ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the Associated Press reported. Blagojevich, who…
Authorities Investigating NY Car Bomb Release Video
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Investigators Find NY Bomb Plot May Have Foreign Ties (AOL News) Car Used in Car Bomb Had Been Sold in Cash Deal (NY Times)
Book Review:”Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America’s most Wanted Gangster”
The very able author Jonathan Eig, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, who has written books on baseball legends Jackie Robinson and Lou Gehrig , has now written about another type of legend, and a ruthless one at that: Al Capone. It details his colorful life and how the feds brought him down. Here’s the…
Justice Dept. Reviewing FBI Policy on Recording Interviews
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In a practice that has long been a contentious issue, a Justice Department advisory committee is reviewing the FBI practice of memorializing interviews with suspects in handwritten notes rather than recordings, the website Main Justice is reporting. The website reported that the issue has become pronounced since an increasing…
UPDATE: Video Shows White Man in 40s Suspiciously Walking Away from Area of NY Car Bomb
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com New York law enforcement investigators on Sunday were looking at a surveillance tape that showed a white man in his 40s who appeared to be walking away from the area where a car bomb was placed Saturday evening in Times Square, looking over his shoulder and removing a layer of clothing,…
FBI and NYPD Hunt For Culprit Who Left Crude Car Bomb in Times Square
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI and New York police were trying to find out Sunday who left a Nissan Pathfinder with a crude bomb inside in Times Square Saturday night that prompted the evacuation of parts of the city on a busy Saturday night. FBI agent Richard Kolko, a spokesman for the FBI in…