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Rep Darrell Issa May Recommend that ATF be Folded Into the FBI
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, who has led the crusade against Attorney General Eric Holder during the Fast and Furious investigations, said he may recommend merging ATF into the FBI, Bloomberg reports. “ATF, perhaps, should be molded completely into the FBI and…
ACLU: FBI Illegally Surveilling Muslims
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It will always be a line hard to draw, between protecting the nation from another terrorist attack and reaching too far in the name of preemption. The American Civil Liberties Union sees the latter, though, and on Thursday said the FBI is using extensive community outreach among Muslims to gather intelligence…
Round 2: Newark Feds Go for Retrial of Ex-Fed Prosecutor
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Round two is coming in the epic battle between the U.S. Attorney’s Office and ex-federal prosecutor Paul Bergrin, a high-profile Newark defense attorney who was accused of orchestrating a 2004 murder of an FBI witness in a case in which he had a client. The first round, for all practical purposes,…
11 Arrested in Northern Virginia Guns and Weapons Ring
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A three-year investigation focusing on drug and weapon rings came to an end with 11 arrests in Northern Virginia on Wednesday, reports the Washington Post. Some of those arrested had ties to street gangs. The operation was primarily in Manassas and Fairfax County, and resulted in charges against more than 60 people….
Column: Prosecutors May Be Overreaching in Recommending 15-20 Years for Blago
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In political corruption cases, how much prison time is enough? Fed prosecutors in the case of Rod Blagojevich — the world’s most talkative ex-governor — are recommending that he get 15 to 20 years at sentencing, which is set for Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Yes, Blagojevich was a…
FBI Lennon Files Released
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Beatles fans have their weekend cut out for them. A newly released trove of FBI files on John Lennon are now available online, through the bureau’s online database. Along with two other stacks of previously released documents on the British rocker, the newly released documents focus on 1978 investigation of a…
Amish Raid in Hate Crimes Turns Up Marijuana Seeds, Cocaine
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The Amish beard-cutting saga grows stranger and stranger. Talking Points Memo now reports that, along with scissors and clippers, federal agents also found evidence of marijuana and cocaine during a raid on the compound of the beard-cutting suspects. As previously reported, the FBI investigated possible hate crimes among the Amish community…
Obama Grabbed by the Arm, Secret Service Swarm
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Apparently those dismal approval ratings are not the whole story. An adoring fan grabbed the president by the arm at Scranton High School in Pennsylvania on Wednesday as he shook hands with supporters. ABC describes the president as walking into the high school to a “rock-star welcome” when the woman grabbed…