US Attorney B. Todd Jones

Ranking Senator Questions Quickness of Confirming New ATF Head B. Todd Jones Gets

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ranking Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said “very troubling allegations” have surfaced that suggest B. Todd Jones, who is President Obama’s choice to head the ATF, retaliated against a whistleblower, The Washington Times reports. The Iowa senator questioned why the confirmation hearings last week weren’t delayed while an investigation of Jones continues.  When…

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A Familiar Circus Breaks Out As FBI Digs for Jimmy Hoffa

Update: Tuesday, 8:10  a.m. — The FBI resumes digging today.  Update: Monday, 6 p.m. — Detroit FBI spokesman Simon Shaykhet said agents would continue digging until sundown and will return Tuesday at 8 a.m.  to resume activities. He declined to provide specifics beyond that.************* By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit Oakland Township, Mich –– On Monday morning, almost as…

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Dick Cheney Defends Phone, Internet Surveillance, Said It Could Have Prevented 9/11

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Vice President Dick Cheney said the NSA database of phone and Internet records that were recently disclosed by a self-proclaimed whistleblower would have been useful in the fight against terrorism, NECN reports. “We might have been able to prevent 9/11,” said Former Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney is among those…

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Chicago Surgeon Accused of Performing Unnecessary Tracheotomies for $160,000 Per Procedure

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A surgeon at Chicago’s Sacred Heart Hospital is accused of performing unneeded tracheotomies to enable the for-profit hospital to collect as much as $160,000 per case, Bloomberg reports. Investigators say the doctor sedated patients so much that they couldn’t breathe on their own so that he could perform a tracheotomy – or…

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