By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he plans to nominate B. Todd Jones as the permanent director of ATF, the National Journal reported. Jones was installed as the acting director in Sept. 11, 2011 as part of a house-cleaning effort after Operation Fast and Furious became a major controversy and liability…
BY LARRY MCSHANE AND ROBERT GEARTY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS NEW YORK –Thirty mobbed-up suspects – including a ringleader known as “Papa Smurf” – were arrested Wednesday in a probe of the garbage-hauling industry, authorities said. The purported wise guys – members of the Gambino, Lucchese and Genovese organized crime families – were busted in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Oklahoma man angry over efforts to ban assault rifles is in hot water for what the FBI considers threats of violence, the Associated Press reports. Police said 34-year-old Glenn A. Kirkham alarmed people from the U.S. and Canada when he spoke about using weapons such as knives, a .357 revolver and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former research analyst apparently thought he was untouchable when the FBI began investigating him. John Kinnucan publicly mocked the bureau’s probe, calling agents “fresh-faced eager beavers.” Then on Tuesday, a federal judge sentenced Kinnucan to more than four years in prison for insider trading, CNN reports. Kinnucan, who was outspokenly critical…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Before pulling the switch on what he thought was a bomb at a tree-lighting event in Portland, Mohamed Mohamud posed before a camera wearing a camouflage jacket and red scarf, saying his goodbyes, the Oregonian reports. The video was shown during the second day of testimony in the trial of Mohamud,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three out of four justifiable homicides involved firearms, CNN reports, citing the FBI’s unified crime report. Of the 260 justified homicides in 2011, 201 involved a gun. The rate is much higher among police, CNN reported. Guns were involved in 99.2% of justifiable homicides, or 390 out of 393. The statistics will…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ATF Special Agent John Dodson, who was sidelined after blowing the whistle on the botched gun-running operation Fast and Furious, has been cleared by his bosses and now is considered a hero, Fox News reports. John Dodson has been cleared of any wrongdoing, was praised by Congress for bringing the botched operation…
recycling trucks that lose plastic bags Replica Designer Handbags Lam Replica Handbags, a lifelong civil servant, has a reputation as an efficient and pragmatic administrator, but is unpopular with Hong Kongers because she seen as a proxy for Beijing and out of touch with ordinary people. Tsang, in contrast, is highly popular because of his…
