That is the latest piece by Froomkin in today’s WaPo talking about the Libby trial: There is a cloud over the vice president . . . And that cloud remains because this defendant obstructed justice,” Fitzgerald said. “There is a cloud over the White House. Don’t you think the FBI and the grand jury and […]
Remember the protests that broke out in Afghanistan after it was revealed that an interrogator at Gitmo allegedly desecrated the Koran? The right and the administration quickly blamed the media for the protests and violence that followed the story and said it was false. Well now the FBI is citing similar cases: FBI agents at […]
Today’s New York Times has a very interesting article that requires a thorough reading. It details how an American contractor was held in an American military prison in Iraq for more than 90 days without access to a lawyer. Furthermore, this person was wrongly jailed. He was an informant for the FBI into possible contractor […]
In the weeks leading up to last month’s elections, there were tons of stories coming out of possible wrong-doing by mostly GOP candidates. Well now it seems that the FBI is playing catch up with investigations into these claims, and here is another one to add to the mix: A federal investigation is underway after […]
The final nail in the GOP coffin this election season would be if the DOJ announced a bunch more indictments in the Abramoff scandal. We know this is not about to happen, but this little bit of information gives us insight into the possibility that they will becoming after elections: Jack Abramoff, the lobbying scandal […]
Here we go with the government run by the party of “small government” trying to expand their powers even more: FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday called on Internet service providers to record their customers’ online activities, a move that anticipates a fierce debate over privacy and law enforcement in Washington next year. “Terrorists coordinate […]
This can become a nice campaign photo: Federal agents raided the home of the daughter of U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.) and his longtime friend Charlie Sexton this morning. The agents departed Karen Weldon’s three-story brick home on Queen Street in Philadelphia with arms loaded with boxes. A government car pulled into the alley […]
Every hour this story seems to multiply now. The latest from Brian Ross shows now that there could very well be criminal charges: In addition to explicit sexual language, former Congressman Mark Foley’s Internet messages also include repeated efforts to get the underage recipient to rendezvous with him at night. “I would drive a few […]
Well I just got home and look what I see: The FBI has opened a “preliminary investigation” of disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley over the sexually explicit Internet messages he sent to congressional pages, all male high school students under the age of 18. Agents in the FBI’s Cyber Division have already begun to examine […]
The Republicans try to paint corruption as a bi-partisan problem, but the majority of the problems we hear about come from the right side of the aisle: Federal investigators probing Rep. Jerry Lewis (news, bio, voting record)’ ties to lobbyists are looking into a land deal that put nearly 41 pristine acres in the congressman’s […]