It’s scary when a census worker might be the target of anti-government sentiment. There’s pockets in America where the hatred for the government runs deep, from farmers to militia members. DEVLIN BARRETT and JEFFREY McMURRAY Associated Press When Bill Sparkman told retired trooper Gilbert Acciardo that he was going door-to-door collecting census data in rural…
When people feel they’re not earning enough, or they simply get greedy, you’ve got a problem. There’s a problem along the Mexican border with corrupt border guards and the U.S. needs to address it in a big way. By PIERRE THOMAS ABC NEWS The Federal Bureau of Investigation worries that corrupt U.S. officials at the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A married FBI agent, at the center of sexual scandal that surfaced this week, had written down a list of sexual affairs with female FBI agents and a key informant in the Congressman William Jefferson case because his therapist had asked him to, according to a person familiar with situation. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Alan Bersin, a high ranking Department of Homeland Security official, has been nominated by President Obama to head the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Bersin, a former U.S. Attorney in California, is currently Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs. Bersin would take over an agency that…
The smuggling of illegal immigrants across the border continues to be a big big problem. This only illustrates how big it is and how brazen it can be. Frightening. By Richard Marosi Los Angeles Times The nation’s busiest border crossing was closed and declared a crime scene Tuesday after at least two U.S. agents attempted…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Undercover ATF agents learned how easy it is to get someone to rob a drug dealer during a sting they pulled off in Phoenix. The Arizona Republic reports that agents were able to get complete strangers to agree to help rob dope dealers. In the end, agents arrested 70 people. “This…
Someone should have saved these historical records. It’s a shame the records are gone. Fortunately the memory of Walter Cronkite can’t be destroyed. By Matt Kelley USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The FBI destroyed its files on former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite two years ago under a policy that has been criticized by researchers for…
That’s a whole lot of money not to pay taxes on. If he goes off to prison, who knows? He may find a lot of golf enthusiasts among the Ponzi schemers, embezzlers, crooked politicians and doctors convicted of health care fraud. By Reuters MIAMI — American golfer Jim Thorpe, a 13-time winner on the senior…
