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Justice Department’s Head of Criminal Division Lanny Breuer to Resign Soon
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department’s expert on public corruption and financial fraud is leaving the federal government, the Washington Post reports. Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer, head of the criminal division, is calling it quits, the Post reports. Breuer has been praised for aggressively pursuing white-collar crime and beefing up the division’s involvement…
Attorney Charged with Orchestrating Murder of FBI Informant on Trial – Again
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Prominent New Jersey attorney Paul Bergrin, who is accused of using his law firm to commit crimes, including drug trafficking, prostitution and the murder of an FBI informant, is on trial in Newark federal court, Reuters reports. The trial began Tuesday and is the prosecution’s second attempt at landing a conviction against…
Ohio Woman Sues FBI, Claiming She Was Mishandled Because of Her Ethnicity
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT — A 36-year-old Ohio woman is suing the FBI and other federal agencies, saying she was removed from a flight in Detroit on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, manhandled, strip-searched and thrown into a dirty cell for more than four hours, the Detroit Free Press reports. Shoshana Hebshi,…
Prince William County, hoping to be home to FBI’s New Headquarters, to Get New Firing Range
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s not the good news Prince William County has been waiting for, but it’s a good step. The county, which is a candidate for a new FBI headquarters, will be home to a new firing range for law enforcement, including federal agents, the Washington Business Journal reports. The FBI gave the county…
Border Patrol Urges Locals to Help Track Down Elusive Drug Smugglers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not even 39-foot-high speed boats with 1,200 horsepower is enough for Border Patrol to hunt down all smugglers along the U.S. coast 36 miles north of Tijuana, Mexico, Fox News reports. Agents are now asking for local residents to help in the hunt. “We are actively pursuing this and we are asking…
ACLU Lashes Out at FBI for Refusing to Release Details of Warrantless GPS Spying
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ACLU is incensed that the FBI won’t hand over details of how agents have used warrantless GPS trackers on cars to monitor suspects, Salon.com reports. Responding to a request for public information, the FBI redacted virtually every word from the records, saying the information is privileged, Salon.com reports. The ACLU wants…
Editorial: Immigration Reform Heads in More Sensible Direction
Deseret News Editorial Utah is deporting fewer people, and that’s a good thing. In 2012, requests for deportation were down by 25 percent from 2011, and current trends predict a similar downturn this year. Scarce resources in the judicial system account for some of this, but there are other factors at work that suggest a…
Just Paranoid or For Real? Ex-D.C. Mayor Marion Barry Says the FBI Tried Killing Him
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Marion Barry, the former D.C. mayor who know sits on the city council, is unquestionably an interesting character. Now add this: U.S. News reports that Barry said he believes the FBI tried killing him on Jan. 18, 1990, when he was arrested for crack cocaine possession in a sting operation in…