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Mexican Man Gets 30 Years in Murder of Border Agent Brian Terry
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some justice was delivered in a sorry chapter in law enforcement involving the murder of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry on Dec. 14, 2010. Manuel Osorio-Arellanes of Mexico was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Tucson to 30 years in prison for the killing of Terry, whose death was…
Marijuana Lobbying Group Expects 2014 to be a ‘Huge’ Year
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com One of the most successful of the marijuana legalization lobbying organizations, the Marijuana Policy Project(MPP) announced its 2014 strategic plan and expects a “huge” year in passing state medical marijuana and legalization laws, as well as action in Congress to block drug enforcement activity. Twenty years ago marijuana was illegal in…
AG Holder Says Justice Department to Extend Benefits, Other Rights to Same-Sex Couples
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Married gay and lesbian couples should have the same rights in legal matters as other married couples, Attorney General Eric Holder announced this weekend. The USA Today reports that Holder announced the new policy this weekend. “In every courthouse, in every proceeding and in every place where a member of the Department…
Homeland Security Chair: There’s a “High Degree of Probability” of Explosion During Sochi Olympics
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What is the likelihood of an explosive attack at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia? According to the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security on Sunday, there’s a “high degree of probability” of an explosion or bomb attack, CBS DC reports. “There’s a high degree of probability that something will…
Restaurant at Sochi Olympics Bans FBI, CIA Agents in Anger Over Cold War
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not everyone is welcoming of U.S. law enforcement authorities. At the Sochi Olympics, a restaurant billboard indicated, “We do not serve FBI and CIA agents,” Ground Report writes. Associated Press photographer Jae C. Hong spotted the wooden billboard outside an eatery in Sochi. Another sign read, “We remember the Cold War.” The…
TSA Disputes Embarrassing, Unethical Conduct Described by Former TSA Agent in Chicago
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The TSA has strongly criticized a screener’s account of unethical practices, including poking fun at body-scan images, at the agency, The Los Angeles Times reports. Former TSA Agent Jason Edward Harrington wrote in Politico that TSA agents at Chicago O’Hare International Airport had low morale, targeted certain people for pat-downs and made fun…
Death of Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Shines Light on Influx of Heroin
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The untimely death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has cast an ugly light on the rising use of heroin in the U.S. The Cleveland Conservative Examiner reports that the DEA has been alarmed at the influx of heroin into New York City. A hallmark of the new heroin was unique, sophisticated packaging,…
Parker: The “Good Old Days” of Law Enforcement
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com In a recent conversation in a Detroit watering hole in metro Detroit with past and present federal agents, the stories of the…