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President Obama: Marijuana No Worse Than Drinking Alcohol; Laws Should Be More Equitable
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama said smoking marijuana is no worse than drinking alcohol. “As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of…
Border Patrol Agent Fatally Shoots Man Following Scuffle in Southern Arizona
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man in southern Arizona following a struggle between the pair, the Associated Press reports. Authorities were tracking a group of people Thursday night on suspicion of being in the country illegally. While two of the suspect were apprehended, a third escaped. He was…
Two ATF Agents Wounded in Oklahoma Shooting While Trying to Arrest Suspect
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two ATF agents were wounded in Oklahoma after trying to arrest a man wanted in a shooting, the Associated Press reports. The agents, whose names were not revealed, were treated and released and sustained no serious injuries. Seventeen-year-old Henry Jackson was shot and killed by local police after he opened fire on…
Parker: Some Quirky Ways to Reduce Crime
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 Some Quirky Ways to Reduce Crime There are scores of proposals for methods and programs to reduce crime. And there is no…
A Mexican Militia, Battling Michoacan Drug Cartel, Has American Roots
By Joshua Partlow Washington Post Staff Writer LA ESTACION, Mexico — Jorge Rios, 11 rifle rounds and a silver cross decorating his black flak jacket, lost his job as a dishwasher in Tucson for driving without a license. Santos Ramos Vargas, at 43 the oldest of this gang, got deported from Menlo Park, Calif., when he…
President Obama to Announce Safeguards to Prevent Abuse of Domestic NSA Data
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A secret court must grant permission for the NSA to tap into its vast database of telephone data under a new requirement expected to be announced by President Obama today, the New York Times reports. The move comes after Obama’s administration came under intense criticism for how easily the NSA could access…
FBI Agent Feared Trenton City Hall Was on Verge of Becoming Controlled by Criminal Element
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Something had to be done in Trenton. That much was clear less than three months into Mayor Tony Mack’s administration when a government informant told the FBI that he feared the mob had taken over city hall, the Trenton Times reports. FBI Supervisor Special Agent Mike Doyle was listening into a…