The raging drug war in Mexico is causing high anxiety in the U.S. By Traci Carl The Associated Press MEXICO CITY – Indiscriminate kidnappings. Almost daily beheadings. Gangs that mock and kill government agents. This isn’t Iraq or Pakistan. It’s Mexico, which the U.S. government and a growing number of analysts say is becoming one…
I invite more of you to vote on the current ticklethewire.com poll (to the right): Who has been the better director of the FBI? Louis Freeh or Robert Mueller III. The voting has been has been neck-and-neck. The poll will close on Friday at midnight. Allan Lengel editor/ticklethewire.com
Like so many of the political corruption documents filed by U.S. Attorneys, this one is filled with words like “individuals” and “advisers”. The Chicago Sun-Times took the time to figure out who the individuals were behind those rather vague descriptions. BY CHRIS FUSCO, NATASHA KORECKI, TIM NOVAK AND DAVE MCKINNEY Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — The…
Federal authorities are seemingly prepared for the inauguration. But they know they can’t be prepared for everything. Whatever the case: One more day til showtime. By Josh Meyer Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — As the multitudes arrive for the historic inauguration of Barack Obama, the most high-tech security bubble ever created is in place to…
Federal agencies are going to need to figure out all the cutting-edge ways to communicate to the public. Here’s the latest illustration that it’s starting. By Chris Battle Security DeBrief WASHINGTON — On Monday, FEMA Administrator David Paulison participated in a citizens’ news conference on the social media Website Twitter. And, yes, that’s the news….
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere“ Martin Luther King, Jr. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXQbvAZgo1Y OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST Oakland Plans to Fire Cops for Lying on Drug Search Warrants (San Francisco Chronicle) Exiting CIA Chief Defends Interrogation Tactics (Los Angeles Times)
The issue of “torture” could have serious ramifications as the Obama administration comes in. Will some government people be subject to prosecution? Will some pending criminal cases get tossed as a result? We shall see. By EVAN PEREZ Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael Mukasey raised concerns that government agents and national security…
