And here is the very reason that I hate cell phones: Federal officials are routinely asking courts to order cellphone companies to furnish real-time tracking data so they can pinpoint the whereabouts of drug traffickers, fugitives and other criminal suspects, according to judges and industry lawyers. In some cases, judges have granted the requests without […]
Brian Ross reports: Deputy Secretary of State Randall L. Tobias submitted his resignation Friday, one day after confirming to ABC News that he had been a customer of a Washington, D.C. escort service whose owner has been charged by federal prosecutors with running a prostitution operation. Tobias, 65, Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and administrator […]
It appears that way: Banana company Chiquita Brands International said Wednesday it has agreed to a $25 million fine after admitting it paid a Colombian terrorist group for protection in a volatile farming region. The settlement resolves a lengthy Justice Department investigation into the company’s financial dealings with terrorist organizations in Colombia. In court documents […]
Today we find out that the firings of the United States Attorneys went all the way to the oval office: The White House was deeply involved in the decision late last year to dismiss federal prosecutors, including some who had been criticized by Republican lawmakers, administration officials said Monday. Last October, President Bush spoke with […]
I haven’t posted on the firing of the federal prosecutors lately, but there has been some real interesting developments in the case. Yesterday, we received this news: The controversy flared up early Wednesday afternoon after David Iglesias, the departing U.S. attorney from New Mexico, told McClatchy Newspapers that he believes he was forced out because […]
The White House will stop at nothing until they get all the federal prosecutors replaced with their political buddies: A United States attorney in Arkansas who was dismissed from his job last year by the Justice Department was ousted after Harriet E. Miers, the former White House counsel, intervened on behalf of the man who […]
This could turn into something big: A coin dealer and major GOP fundraiser asked Wednesday to change his not guilty pleas to federal charges that he illegally funneled donations to President Bush’s re-election campaign. Tom Noe had denied illegally funneling $45,400 in contributions to President Bush’s re-election bid. He was accused of giving money directly […]
Big plans: DeLay’s next mission is in God’s hands. Disgraced congressman has a wholly holy agenda (via The People’s Republic of Seabrook) Tom DeLay may look as though he’s finished because he is quitting Congress, facing a trial on felony political corruption charges in Texas and being targeted by federal prosecutors in the Jack Abramoff […]
DeLAY’S FORMER AIDE ADMITS TAKING BRIBES: Lawmaker says he didn’t know of the wrongdoing in his office that led to a guilty plea (via The People’s Republic of Seabrook) WASHINGTON – A former top aide to U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay admitted Friday to accepting bribes while on the lawmaker’s staff and has joined the circle […]
The Judge in the Moussaoui case has accepted a compromise with prosecutors: The federal judge in the death penalty trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui accepted a government compromise Friday that will allow prosecutors to present new witnesses about aviation security Judge Leonie Brinkema in a written order said prosecutors could present exhibits and a […]