By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Oscar-winning Laura Poitras is suing the Justice Department and other federal agencies after they have denied her access to public records documenting the dozens of times she said she has been questioned and searched at airports, Variety reports. The “Citizenfour” director claims in the lawsuit that she has been detained every…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA warned Mexico 16 months ago of plans by drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to break out of prison, according to documents revealed Monday, Fox News reports. The U.S. first warned Mexico in March 2014 that information has been gathered to suggest family members and others in the drug…
By Ross Parker With the recent volume of media on the issue of the heroin epidemic, its overdoses and deaths, has come an effort to provide an easy explanation for the cause of and solution to this multifaceted problem. Much of the blame has been directed at doctors, who are charged with being either intentionally…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker With the recent volume of media on the issue of the heroin epidemic, its overdoses and deaths, has come an effort to provide an…
The acting head of the DEA spoke to NPR about the 43,000 people who die each year of opiate overdoses. Other Stories of Interest Border Patrol Pursuit Ends in Arrest of Suspected Smuggler ATF Investigates Mysterious Explosion at Rhode Island Beach FBI Releases Screen Name to Find More Victims in ‘Sextortion’ Case Fugitive Hid from…
The racist man accused of shooting nine people at Emanuel AME church in Charleston was barred from buying a firearm but still was able to make a purchase because the FBI’s background check raised no red flags.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com This isn’t your normal task force. In fact, the FBI is calling it the Hybrid Task Force, and its goal is to pursue drug dealers and violent criminals, KMOX reports. “The task force has two focuses,” St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said. “One is an interdiction piece that long term…
Mexico’s most notorious drug lord has escaped from prison again.
