Border Patrol Reports Increase in Illegal Crossings Following Confluence of Problems

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is bracing for more illegal crossings following a confluence of problems related to the budget sequestration and Obama administration policies, the Washington Free Beacon reports. “It’s the perfect storm,” Stuart Harris, vice president of Local 1929 of the National Border Patrol Council in El Paso, Texas, told the Free Beacon….

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FBI Investigated Whether Wall Street Journal Reporters Bribed Chinese Officials for Information

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The FBI’s investigation into News Corporation last year included an inquiry into claims that the Wall Street Journal’s China bureau bribed local officials for information, the New York Times reports. It’s unclear what – if anything – the FBI found during the investigation, which originally began over a phone-hacking scandal in 2011. The…

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Former DEA Officials Stand to Profit from Their Opposition to Marijuana Decriminalization

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Two former top DEA officials who have been loudly urging the federal government to nullify marijuana decriminalization in Washington and Colorado stand to profit from making pot illegal, the U.S. News & World Report revealed. The retired officials, Robert L. DuPont, former White House drug czar under Presidents Nixon and Ford, and…

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