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![Is Pot More Dangerous Than Alcohol? DEA Deputy Director Refuses to Answer Question Before Congress](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pot-leaf_0836-copy.jpg)
Is Pot More Dangerous Than Alcohol? DEA Deputy Director Refuses to Answer Question Before Congress
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was a simple question: Is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol? Yet DEA Deputy Director Thomas Harrigan wouldn’t provide an answer during a House oversight committee hearing. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-TN, asked because DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart insisted in January that pot is more dangerous than alcohol. “Marijuana is a Schedule I…
![D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray Demands Secret Service Loosen Up Traffic Jams from Dignitaries](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Washington-DC-Mayor-Gray.jpeg)
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray Demands Secret Service Loosen Up Traffic Jams from Dignitaries
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray is tired of traffic jams caused by dignitaries visiting the capital. In a stern letter sent Tuesday, Gray said the Secret Service protocols need to be changed because “significant portions of downtown Washington (are) being paralyzed by traffic,” the Washington Post reports. The Secret Service responded that…
![Los Angeles Gang Members Captured on Film Fighting Alongside Terrorists in Syria](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Screenshot-2014-03-05-08.42.44.png)
Los Angeles Gang Members Captured on Film Fighting Alongside Terrorists in Syria
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating two Los Angeles-based gang members who are accused of fighting alongside terrorists in Syria, CBS LA reports. A video shows two unidentified men shooting AK-47s while apparently giving shootouts to their gangs. “Look homie, check this out,” one man said. The men are known as “Creeper” from G’d…
![AG Holder’s Budget Reflects Desire for Criminal Justice, Prison Reforms](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/eric-holder.jpg)
AG Holder’s Budget Reflects Desire for Criminal Justice, Prison Reforms
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder’s proposed $27.4 billion budget places a priority on criminal justice and prison reform, the Washington Post reports. The budget reflects Holder’s initiative to reduce the number of low-level drug offenders and crack down on recidivism rates with expanded drug treatment programs. About $173 million is earmarked for criminal…
![Former Long Beach FBI Agent Gets Probation in Banking Scheme Tied to Gambling](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gambling.jpg)
Former Long Beach FBI Agent Gets Probation in Banking Scheme Tied to Gambling
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent with a gambling habit was sentenced to two years of probation Monday for a series of illegal cash deposits, the Fresno Bee reports. Raymond Wilson, 38, who worked at the FBI’s Long Beach office, committed a federal crime by regularly depositing $10,000 or less of casino winnings to…
![FBI’s William Sweeney Named SAC of Counterterrorism in NY; Adam Lee to Head Richmond Office](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/adam-lee.png)
FBI’s William Sweeney Named SAC of Counterterrorism in NY; Adam Lee to Head Richmond Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director James B. Comey named William F. Sweeney, Jr. as special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division of the New York Field Office and Adam S. Lee as head of the FBI’s Richmond, Va., Division. Sweeney most recently served as the special assistant to the FBI’s deputy director at…
![FBI Agent George Piro Who Befriended and Interrogated Saddam Hussein is Named Head of Miami FBI](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/george-piro-60-minutes.jpg)
FBI Agent George Piro Who Befriended and Interrogated Saddam Hussein is Named Head of Miami FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com George L. Piro, the FBI agent who befriended and interrogated Saddam Hussein after his capture, has been named head of the Miami FBI Division. Piro last worked as the deputy assistant director of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate at FBI headquarters. He joined the FBI in 1999 and was assigned…
![Federal Probe Focuses on New Jersey Gov. Christie’s Former Campaign Manager, Appointee](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/biz1375jpg-42e0107c20820598.jpg)
Federal Probe Focuses on New Jersey Gov. Christie’s Former Campaign Manager, Appointee
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com People connected to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s former campaign manager have been questioned by the FBI, CNN reports. Bill Stepien said federal agents came to his house and also interviewed people who know him. “In recent weeks, federal criminal investigators have made their interest in him plain, traveling to his home…