October 16, 2010 – Tickle The Wire

Atty. Gen. Holder Vows to Go After Pot Even if Calif. Voters Approve Prop 19

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The pot thing just keeps getting more confusing and complex. Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. has vowed to “vigorously enforce” federal marijuana laws even if Californians vote next month to legalize pot with Prop 19, the Associated Press reports. Holder’s comments were contained in a letter to ex-federal drug enforcement chiefs,…

FBI Was Warned Years Before About Mumbai Attacker’s Link to Terrorism

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By Sebastian Rotella ProPublica Three years before Pakistani terrorists struck Mumbai in 2008, federal agents in New York City investigated a tip that an American businessman was training in Pakistan with the group that later executed the attack. The previously undisclosed allegations against David Coleman Headley, who became a key figure in the plot that…