By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A five mile stretch along I-8 in California in the San Diego area will have signs honoring Robert Rosas Jr., a popular border patrol agent who was killed in an ambush two years ago, the San Diego Union Tribune reported. A ceremony to unveil the signs is set for the fall,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The family of murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry may sue the government. Fox News reports that the family attorney Paul Chartlon said: “If the evidence shows Brian’s death was proximately caused by the negligence of the federal government, there may be a cause of action. Guns from ATF’s Operation Fast…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s a case where the intent may be good, but the execution could be costly and worthless. According to the The Washington Post, an unreleased Government Accountability Office report shows that the Department of Homeland Security plans to spend more than $300 million over the next four years on radiation-detection equipment…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com University of Michigan History Professor Juan Cole wants to take a peak at CIA and FBI files — and for pretty good reason. Last month, according to the New York Times, former CIA official Glenn Carle said the Bush White House wanted to smear Cole’s reputation and discredit him because he…
By Richard A. Serrano Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Believing that the Operation Fast and Furious scandal reaches into the highest levels of the Justice Department, congressional Republicans asked the attorney general’s office to turn over a sweeping trove of emails, documents and other material to determine Washington’s role in the “reckless” operation that allowed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal grand jury in Virginia has been looking at a CIA officer who oversaw the agency’s interrogation program at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the Associated Press reported. AP reported that Steve Stormoen, who is now retired, pushed for increasingly harsh tactics. AP reported that he supervised an unofficial…
