Atty. Gen. Holder, FBI and Family Seek New Clues in 2001 Murder of Seattle Fed Prosecutor Thomas Wales
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September 28, 2011
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Rumor Mill Working Overtime as Controversy Bubbles Between FBI and LA Sheriff’s Dept.
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The rumor mill has been working over time involving the controversy between FBI and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff Lee Baca is fuming that the FBI didn’t tell him about its investigation into inmate abuse, or the fact that the FBI, in an undercover sting, paid a sheriff’s deputy about…
An Interesting Omission in Press Release About Head of Fla. ICE Being Busted for Child Porn
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The press release issued Wednesday out of the Justice Department seemed a little peculiar if only because of a glaring omission. “Florida Man Indicted for Transportation, Receipt, and Possession of Child Pornography” the headline of the press release read. It went on to mention the name of the person, Anthony Mangione,…
ATF Clarifies: Medical Marijuana Users May Not Buy Guns
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Take your pick: Medical marijuana or a gun, but not both. Responding to multiple questions from federally licensed gun sellers, the ATF wrote an open letter declaring it illegal to knowingly sell firearms to medical marijuana users. The confusion arrises out of differing legal schemes regarding medical marijuana. Federal law prohibits…
Mass. Airport Claims Secret Service Caused $676,048 Damage During Obama Visit
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The president’s entourage rolled through a small Massachusetts airport last year like an untamed rock band wreaking havoc in a hotel room, causing more than half a million dollars in damages. Or so the airport alleges. Marlborough Airport Properties Inc. filed a suit in a U.S. district court this week against the…
St. Louis DEA Fights Growing Heroin Problem
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com DEA agents, in conjunction with local police, arrested more than 50 people in the St. Louis area this week associated with a loose network of heroin trafficking. Officials hope to double the number of arrests in a fight against a growing problem in the region. A new form of highly-potent and…
The Never Ending Debate Over Drug Policy; Ex-DEA Official Asa Hutchinson and Head of Drug Policy Alliance Debate
Watch the Full Debate The quirky and highly popular blog BoingBoing.net posted the abbreviated version of this video of Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, and Asa Hutchinson, a former DEA Administrator, about drug policy and enforcement. The debate was sponsored by the Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) chapter at the University of Arkansas and…
Justice Dept. Fights Release of bin Laden Photos After Killing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sometimes curiosity just isn’t enough reason to do something. At least that’s what the government seems to believe as it fights efforts by the group Judicial Watch, which has asked under the Freedom of Information Act for photos and videos of al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden after he was killed…
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