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Full Senate Confirms 3 More U.S. Attorneys
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The way-too slow process of confirming newly minted U.S. Attorneys around the country continued on Thursday. The full Senate confirmed Carmen M. Ortiz for U.S. Attorney in Massachusetts, Ed Tarver for the Southern District in Georgia and Benjamin Wagner for the eastern District of California, the news website Main…
Ex-NYPD Chief Bernie Kerik Falls; Pleads to 8 Felony Counts
By Allan Lengel For Sphere (a new AOL News Site) Bernard Kerik, the former police commissioner of New York City whose meteoric rise to the national spotlight was matched only by his even faster fall, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to eight felony counts that included lying to the White House and tax crimes….
2 Jurors Dismissed in Gotti Trial; His Mother Yells “They’re Railroading You”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As expected, the New York racketeering trial of mobster John Gotti Jr. has been flush with drama. On Wednesday, after the judge dismissed two jurors who weren’t getting along, Gotti’s mother loudly voiced her opinion from the gallery, not far from where her son sat. “They’re railroading you!” Victoria Gotti shouted,…
Ex-DEA Agent Who Claimed CIA Spied on Him Gets $3 Million From U.S. in Lawsuit
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-DEA agent Richard Horn may have lost his privacy, but he’s a lot richer as a result. The U.S. government has agreed to pay him $3 million to settle a lawsuit in Washington in which Horn alleged that the CIA and a U.S. diplomat spied on him and illegally wiretapped his…
FBI Lawyer May Have Helped Provide Answers to Test for High Ranking FBI Agents
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More details are emerging about a potential scandal at the FBI’s Washington field office centering around a test. Sources familiar with situation say the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has launched an internal investigation focusing on allegations that three high ranking agents not only worked together on a mandatory FBI test…
FBI Has More than 3,000 Files on Sen. Ted Kennedy
Ulrich Boser, editor of the website The Open Case, could be in for some interesting reading if the FBI doesn’t redact too much. By Ulrich Boser The Open Case What does the FBI have on Ted Kennedy? A lot, apparently. I filed a FOIA to get any documents related to the lion of the Senate…
Feds Say Build Up Along Mexican Border Paying Off
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds say the the build up of agents along the border is paying off. Authorities say there’s been a spike in seizures of guns and cash along the Mexican border, the Associated Press reported. Specifically, agents seized about 600 illegal weapons at the border from March through September, an increase…
Madoff’s Accountant Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Cooperate
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The potential to snare more bad guys in the Bernie Madoff scam is growing. Madoff’s accountant David Friehling pleaded guilty in New York on Tuesday to nine criminal charges, and has agreed to cooperate with the feds. That could mean more indictments. Friehling told U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein that…