Homeland Security Has Spent $430 Million on Radios Its Employees Don’t Know How to Use

  By Theodoric Meyer ProPublica Getting the agencies responsible for national security to communicate better was one of the main reasons the Department of Homeland Security was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But according to a recent report from the department’s inspector general, one aspect of this mission remains far from accomplished….

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Defense Attorney Alleges Undercover FBI Agent Spent $25,000 on Strip Clubs and Prostitutes for Himself and Targets

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The pre-trial battle continues in a Los Angeles case in which the defense claims an undercover FBI agent spent taxpayer dollars on prostitutes in the Phiippines for himself and three targets of a gun trafficking sting. The latest: Federal defender John Littrell filed a motion Tuesday on behalf of his client…

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