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Justice Department Won’t Force New York Times Reporter James Risen to Reveal Source
By Pete Williams NBC News WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder has decided against forcing a reporter for The New York Times to reveal the identity of a confidential source, according to a senior Justice Department official. The reporter, James Risen, has been battling for years to stop prosecutors from forcing him to name his…
Weekend Series on Law Enforcement History: FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover
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Former FBI Agent Defends Torture Following Scathing Senate Report
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James Davis, a 25-year veteran of the FBI who headed the Denver office and served in Afghanistan and Iraq, said the brutal interrogation techniques outlined by the Senate’s torture report were appropriate to keep the U.S. safe. “In the FBI, we build relationships on a rapport with the detainees that’s built…
FBI Blamed for Demise of Hedge Funds Following Failed Insider Trading Case
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investors can be a skittish bunch. When they heard of the federal government’s suspicions of insider trading involving two hedge funds, Level Global Investors and Diamond Capital Management, they fled and the funds shut down, the New York Times reports. On Wednesday, the two men found guilty of insider trading, Todd…
Study: Only 20% of Sexual Assaults on College Campuses Are Reported to Police
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Only one of five campus sexual assaults are reported to police, according to a new Justice Department report, PBS reports. The reasons victims didn’t alert police range from fear of reprisal to believing the crime doesn’t rise to the level of police involvement. The findings are based on figures from the…
Border Patrol Agents Would Be Given 3 Overtime Options Under Bill Awaiting President’s Signature
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A bill awaiting President Obama’s signature would give Border Patrol agents three overtime options in an effort to cut payroll costs, the Washington Post reports. The “Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime” would be replaced with a system designed to save what amounts to an average 80% reduction in overtime pay. The House of…
Justice Department: Indian Tribes Can Begin Selling, Growing Marijuana
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Indian tribes are now allowed to grow and sell marijuana on their sovereign lands under the same federal guidelines that apply to four states where pot is legal for recreational use, the Justice Department announced Thursday, Bloomberg reports. The Justice Department said federal laws banning marijuana will no longer be enforced….
Congress Is About to Block the Feds from Cracking Down on Medical Marijuana
By Tim Burger Vice WASHINGTON –– On the eve of the deadline to pass spending legislation that will avoid another government shutdown debacle, Congress appears poised to send a bill to President Obama that would ban the Department of Justice from meddling with state medical marijuana laws. Tucked at the bottom of page 213 of…