May 14, 2010
AP Report Says Drug War Has Been a Failure
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — No question the protracted drug war America talks so often about has taken its toll on lives and on urban, rural and suburban America. It’s also wreaked havoc along the Mexican border. But the Associated Press has written a story saying the war after 40 years is a failure…
FBI Files Show CBS’s Walter Cronkite Collaborated With Anti-War Protesters
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No surprise that the FBI kept files on Walter Cronkite, one of America’s most influential newsmen. Yahoo! News reported that it obtained FBI files through the Freedom of Information Act that show “Cronkite allegedly collaborated with anti-Vietnam War activists in the 1960s, going so far as to offer advice on how…
What’s Wrong With This Picture? Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Failed to File Immigration Forms for Household Workers
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com When Joe-Shmoe forgets to file something like this, well, it’s understandable. Maybe. But when it’s the Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan D. Bersin? “Unacceptable”, says Sen. Max Bauchus, according to the Washington Post. At issue is paperwork known as I-9 forms verifying that household workers can legally work in the…
Book Publisher Claims Convicted ex-NBA Ref Invoked Name of Gambino Crime Family in Tiff Over Money
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Florida book publisher for convicted ex-NBA ref Tim Donaghy claims the ref has threatened to hurt somebody if he doesn’t get money for his book, and has even invoked the name of the Gambino crime family to show he’s serious, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. The tiff came to…
Pakistani Linked to Militant Group Says he Helped NY Bomber, Washington Post Reports
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Pakistani man linked to a militant group in his country has told authorities he acted as an accomplice to the failed New York car bomber Faisal Shahzad, the Washington Post is reporting. The Post reported that the man, arrested by Pakistani authorities, has provided an “independent stream” of…
About 500 N.Y. Feds, State and Local Cops Bust Up Bloods and Latin King Gangs in Small Town
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com About 500 federal, state and local police on Thursday converged on the town of Newburgh, about 50 miles north of New York City, to round up gang members of the Bloods and the Latin Kings, who authorities say have been responsible for a good chunk of crime and drug trafficking in…
Justice System Needs Reform
By Ross Parker Are we the most violent, the most criminal country on the globe? As someone who was a career federal prosecutor and reveres the criminal justice system, the question seems almost insulting. Do we not have one of the most finely nuanced systems when it comes to protecting human rights while protecting the…
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