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September 8, 2009

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Could There Be an Upset in the Making for the New DEA Chief Position?

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Could there be an upset in the making for the top post at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration? For weeks now, multiple sources have said the new administrator is likely to be John Pistole, deputy director of the FBI. But one source on Tuesday insisted that the acting administrator…

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Ex-Ill. Gov Rod Blagojevich On Book Tour Says FBI Tapes Taken Out of Context

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Fed Prosecutors: Blackwater Guards “Harbored Deep Hostility Toward Iraqi Civilians”

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With troop reductions in Iraq, the U.S. will be hiring more and more private security guards. The Blackwater story should give pause to the indiscriminate use of private guards in war-torn areas. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Several Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing 14 Iraqis in a busy…

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Strange Stuff: Border Patrol Agent Sues After ICE Agents Force Him Off Road and Hold Him at Gunpoint

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This is just wild. There has to be some explanation for this bizarre incident. But what is it? By Tim Hull Courthouse News Service TUCSON – A Border Patrol agent says three Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers forced him off the road in rural Arizona and held him at gunpoint while they illegally searched his…

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Retired Justice Dept. Official and Fed Judge Malcolm Wilkey Dies at Age 90

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Malcolm Wilkey certainly made his mark on our federal law enforcement and judicial system. By Matt Schudel Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON –– Malcolm R. Wilkey, 90, a retired Justice Department official, federal judge and ambassador who led the 1992 investigation into the scandal surrounding the internal bank of the U.S. House of Representatives, died…

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