2010

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff reports that the Obama administration was flabbergasted Wednesday when Director of National Intelligence Adm. Dennis Blair testified before Congress  and said  the infamous Christmas Day underwear bomber  should have been questioned by a special interrogation unit that doesn’t exist rather than by the FBI. Newsweek reported…

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Some of  the Who’s Who of the federal law enforcement and intelligence community came to Capitol Hill at multiple hearings to talk about terrorism and security, including FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III Mueller, who warned of the dangers ahead. “As the Christmas Day attempted bombing illustrates the threats…

The upside of this is that the Inspector General for the Justice Department has reviewed this weighty matter and exposed it in a report. Also, the good news is that the FBI says it has stopped this shoddy practice, which also targeted reporters’ phones. In fact, the report says: “Some of the most troubling improper…