Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If the U.S. wants to stop an attack similar to the Boston Marathon bombing, the Justice Department and FBI must do a better job sharing information with local law enforcement, officials told lawmakers Wednesday, The Hill reports. “We can no longer deal with this by not sharing information. We’re going to miss…
They still believe in the grandeur of this occasion, Obama said. Still have hope. White House asked people on Twitter to vote for which turkey will receive the pardon Celine Outlet, though both will get a reprieve. Note to readers: I would like to extend my offer for my newest cookbook, “Refreshed,” for sale to…
Forget the kind where the company rep shows up with a stack of Dixie cups, a couple of bottles, and the inability to tell if his wine is corked. Jean Luc knows how to my Midwestern expression on a feedbag (of wine), and he’s not afraid to open top shelf bottles. Put yourself on his…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com When you put two gangsters in a courtroom, and one is testifying against the other, what do you get sometimes? “F-bombs.” On Tuesday, star prosecution witness Kevin Weeks, James, “Whitey” Bulger’s right-hand man, testified against Bulger, saying he watched Bulger kill four men and one woman, according to Richard A. Oppel…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, appeared in U.S. District Court in Boston and pleaded not guilty. It was his first appearance since he was arrested in April. Tsarnaev was charged in a a 30-count indictment in connection to the April 15 bombing and subsequent manhunt. The charges are…
Michael E. Schmidt New York Times President Obama’s nominee for F.B.I. director, James Comey, faced a mostly friendly Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, and he is almost assured confirmation given strong bipartisan support. But his tenure as deputy attorney general in the George W. Bush administration raises important questions about his commitment to civil liberties…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department will monitor the Miami Police Department because of several police-involved shootings over the past four years that didn’t appear to be justified, the Miami Herald reports. The review, which included police shootings from 2008 to 2011, is part of a civil rights investigation of the Miami police force. Of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A privacy rights group is suing the Obama administration over its NSA surveillance program, the USA Today reports. The Electronic Privacy Center has taken the case to the Supreme Court to argue the program is unconstitutional. In its petition to the court, the group said the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ‘exceeded its…
