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Suspected Nazi Demjanjuk Charged in Germany
A new chapter begins in the tale of suspected Nazi John Demjanjuk after so many have already been written. Will prosecutors get it right this time? By ROLAND LOSCH Associated Press Writer MUNICH — German prosecutors formally charged John Demjanjuk on Monday with 27,900 counts of being an accessory to murder at a Nazi death…
Ex-Feds Louis Freeh and Michael Garcia to Testify in Supreme Crt. Nominee’s Hearing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Two big-name ex-feds scheduled to testify on behalf of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are former FBI director Louis Freeh and former N.Y. U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia. The hearing begins Monday at 10 a.m. The witness list, according to the Judiciary Committee, is as follows: For the Majority:…
Report Says Law Enforcement Deaths Up 20% in 2009
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In the line of duty deaths for law enforcement officers jumped 20 percent in the first half of 2009 after hitting a 50-year low during the same period a year ago, according to a report released Sunday by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and Concerns of…
Govt Scraps Plans to Build New Detroit FBI Headquarters Downtown
McNamara Building It’s too bad the new plans were scrapped. It would have been good for development in a city that is hurting. Plus, the FBI could use an upgrade on its aging offices. On the other hand, the existing building, the McNamara Building is centrally located downtown. Under these difficult times, the FBI in…
Weekend Entertainment: Sacha Baron Cohen Interviews Real Terrorist in New Movie “Bruno”
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Pres. Obama Nominates 6 U.S. Attys. Including Son of Sen. And 1st Woman U.S. Atty. in Hawaii
Ohio nominee Steven Dettelbach By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – President Obama on Friday announced nominees for six U.S. Attorney posts. The nominees included the first woman U.S. Attorney in Hawaii and the son of a state senator in South Dakota. In Hawaii, the president nominated Florence T. Nakakuni, 57, an assistant U.S. Attorney in…
Stinging Report Says Bush White House Kept Justice Dept. Lawyers in the Dark on Warrantless Wiretaps
There’s no sugar coating the ugly truth about the way things were handled. The biting report also confirms outsiders’ suspicions that the White House undermined the Justice Department’s mission. By Carrie Johnson and Ellen Nakashima Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The Bush White House so strictly controlled access to its warrantless eavesdropping program that…
Sen. Hagan Submits 3 Names For N.C. U.S. Atty
U.S. Atty. George Holding Interesting that the senator wants the U.S. Attorney Holding to stay in office and handle certain public corruption cases. Good or bad idea? By WRAL.com RALEIGH, N.C. – U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan on Friday submitted three names to President Barack Obama for U.S. attorney in the federal court system’s Eastern District…