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Hemp Today: Department of Justice Guidance Should Shield Tribes Who Want to Grow Hemp
By Hemp Today A 2013 Department of Justice memorandum designed to prioritize the goals of anti-marijuana legislation should shield Indian tribes who are looking at growing hemp as an industrial crop, former ND Federal Prosecutor Timothy Purdon said. The so-called “Cole memo” is a policy statement based on Deputy U.S. Attorney General James M. Cole’s…
Secret Service Failed to Fix Former President Bush’s Residential Alarm
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For more than a year, former president George H.W. Bush’s home had a broken alarm system and Secret Service failed to fix it, the Washington Post reports. Although the alarm system monitors the property and the house, the agency rejected requests to replace it since 2010, according to an inspector general…
FBI Agent: Ex-CIA Director Petraeus Put High-Level Military Personnel at Risk
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent said in a deposition that Paula Broadwell had regular access to CIA Director David Petraeus’ email that may have extended beyond the launch of an FBI investigation a month before the 2012 presidential election, Politico.com reports. Transcripts of the deposition show the CIA director was asked twice to…
New AG Loretta Lynch to Work on Improving Relations Between Police, DOJ
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, the first black woman to take the helm, plans to improve the Justice Department’s reputation with police after her predecessor was criticized for too quickly and harshly criticizing officers over lethal force. Aides to Lynch told the New York Times that Lynch hopes to boost…
State Department: FBI Director Meant No Disrespect in Column about Holocaust
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Following a torrent of criticism over his column last week about the Holocaust, FBI Director James Comey emphasized that he did not mean to suggest that Poland was responsible for the genocide of Jews, NBC News reports. His comments come after Poland’s ambassador called the remarks “unacceptable.” Even the U.S. ambassador…
DEA Has Chance to ‘Change Culture Within Its Walls’ with New Leader
By The Daily Iowan Editorial Board The DEA chief, Michele Leonhart, is stepping down amid heated congressional hearings into her agency’s scandals involving sex parties and compromised information leaked to Colombian drug lords. An internal report documented that prostitutes, sex parties, and undercover apartments were paid for by government money from 2001 to 2005 in…
Loretta Lynch Makes History: Senate Confirms Her as First African American Woman Attorney General
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Making history doesn’t always come easy. But that’s what Loretta Lynch did on Thursday, finally securing the Senate confirmation as the new Attorney General, the first African American to do so. The five month battle played out, with some Republicans opposing her because of her view on immigration reform. CNN reported…
Gang Land Exclusive: Feds Tie Howard Beach Home Invasions To Last Year’s Lufthansa Heist Indictment
Jerry Capeci is regarded as an expert on the mob. His website, Gang Land News, is a paid subscription site. This article was published with permission. By Jerry Capeci Gang Land News Federal authorities have linked an imprisoned Bonanno soldier to abrazen gang of mob associates who pulled off dozens of home invasion robberies and…