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Obama Task Force to Address Poor Handling of Sexual Assaults on College Campuses
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What started as a complaint from two students about how the University of North Carolina handled their sexual assaults has spread across the nation’s colleges and attracted the attention of President Obama. The USA Today reports that Annie E. Clark and Andrea Pino were so outraged that university officials blamed them for…
Federal Crackdown Leads to Arrests of 55 Suspected Members of Violent Crips Gang
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The longtime San Diego gang is known for its ruthless violence, from execution-style murders to the shooting of a pregnant woman. Now U-T San Diego reports that federal authorities nabbed most of the 55 suspected members of the West Coast Crips in pre-dawn raids Thursday, changing them with crimes spanning from murder…
Accused Murderer in Shootings Outside Jewish Centers Was FBI Snitch Given New Name
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Frazier Glenn Cross is not only an accused murderer and racist. He’s also a rat with a lot to hide. ABC News reports that Cross, who is suspected of murder in the shootings of three people outside of Jewish centers, was given a new name, social security number and place to live…
AG Holder to Young Women, People of Color: ‘Consider Careers’ With Justice Department
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While the Justice Department is more integrated than ever, it still lags behind when it comes to women and people of color, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a speech aimed at young people. “Consider careers here at at the United States Department of Justice,” Holder said during the speech, speaking to…
Drunk Passenger, Miscommunication Prompted Fears of Hijacked Flight from Australia to Indonesia
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A drunk passenger on a flight from Australia to Indonesia and miscommunication from a pilot caused fears that a Boeing 737 had been hijacked. BBC reports that a passenger prompted the scare by trying to enter the cockpit, causing the pilot to send a distress signal. The crew eventually handcuffed the man,…
Probe: Former DHS Watchdog Tailored Reports to Linking of Senior Obama Administration Officials
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The former watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security has been placed on leave following a report that he ignored serious problems to satisfy senior Obama administration officials, the Washington Post reports. The news comes a day after the Post reported that former Inspector General Charles K. Edwards had “altered and delayed…
Gang Leader Gets Life Sentence in U.S. Consulate Murders
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, the Barrio Azteca Lieutenant who ordered the March 2010 murders of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison in federal court in El Paso. “The DEA is committed to ensuring cold-blooded…
Pro Publica: Three Things Obama’s New Clemency Initiative Doesn’t Do
By Kara Brandeisky ProPublica Today, the Department of Justice outlined expanded criteria that could allow prisoners convicted of non-violent crimes to win early release from prison. Under the new initiative, the Office of the Pardon Attorney will fast-track commutation applications from inmates who have served more than 10 years for non-violent offenses and who were well-behaved while imprisoned….