Insecurity: How a Man Without a Legit Boarding Pass Hopped Aboard a Flight
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June 30, 2011
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Atty. Gen. Holder to Probe Deaths of 2 People in CIA Custody
file photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In an announcement likely to stir up additional controversy over the CIA’s interrogation activities during the Bush years, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. on Thursday announced plans to launch an investigation into the deaths of two men while in the agency’s custody. Holder, in a statement, said he had…
FBI Agent From Hawaii Helped Nab Mobster “Whitey” Bulger
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DEA Busts Distributor and 9 Employees in Crack Down on “Bath Salt”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The DEA has busted a major distributor of the recreational designer drug “bath salt” along with nine employees of retail shops in the first- ever federal prosecution of the emerging drug known to produce a high comparable high to Ectasy. The DEA in New York on Tuesday announced the arrest of…
Pres. Obama Defends Atty. Gen. Eric Holder in ATF Gun Controversy
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Judge Metes Out Harsh Sentence in Synagogue Bombing Plot; Sharply Criticizes Govt. in Sting
istock photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The sentence on Wednesday was harsh in the bombing plot of Bronx synagogues, but was so the lambasting the federal judge gave the federal government in its sting. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon sentenced James Cromitie, 45, David Williams, 30, and Onta Williams, 35, to 25 years in prison in…