October 2009
Hemp Protesters Come to DEA Headquarters in Va.
A new twist on the war on drugs? Protesters say they should be able to cultivate hemp in this country. The DEA says no. By David Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD, Va. — You want to dig a garden, you need a shovel. You want to dig a guerrilla garden of illegal hemp on…
FBI DNA Lab Helps Crack 19-Year-Old Texas Brutal Rape of Girl Age 8
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NY Post Reports that Madoff Got in Prison Yard Scuffle and Won
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If you can believe this, Bernie Madoff, the Palm Beach/Manhattan socialite who became one of America’s Most Hated Men, got into a minor scuffle in the federal prison yard in North Carolina with a fellow senior citizen and wound up victorious, at least according to a report in the New York…
N.J. FBI Arrests Port Authority Cop Who Worked on FBI Task Force
FBI arrests Port Authority Police Detective Michael Palermo
Chihuahua-Slaying Texas FBI Agent Still Faces Internal Probe 4 Months After His Sentence
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Last time we checked, Texas FBI agent Lovett Leslie Ledger, who fatally shot his neighbor’s 3 pound Chihuahua named Sassy with a pellet gun, was still an FBI agent facing an internal investigation by the Office of Professional Responsibilty. That was four months ago. Well, on Tuesday the FBI…
FBI and Secret Service Probe Anti-Obama Message With Swastika at Boston Area Golf Course
wbz-tv photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI and U.S. Secret Service are investigating who carved a swastika and President Obama’s name on the 18th hole of a golf course in Lakeville, a town some 40 miles south of Boston, the Boston Globe reports. Early Monday morning, workers at the Lakeville Country Club discovered the…
County Dem Chairman Wants Pittsburgh U.S. Atty. Mary Beth Buchanan to Resign
Bush Holdover U.S. Atty. Mary Beth Buchanan By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan of Pittsburgh continues to stir up controversy in her waning moments in office. Allegheny County Democratic Party Chairman Jim Burn wants Buchanan to resign after reports surfaced that she is considering a bid for Congress, the Associated Press reports….