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Weekend Series on Crime: FBI Agent Robert Hanssen’s Betrayal of America
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Los Angeles Times Editorial: Civil Rights Division Nominee Deserves Better
By The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board Debo Adegbile, President Obama‘s nominee to head the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, is an experienced litigator and specialist in civil rights law. In a rational world, he would receive unanimous confirmation. But as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to vote on his nomination, Adegbile faces…
Lawyer Nominated for Key Justice Department Post Faces Increased Pressure
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s nominee of a key Justice Department position is coming under more attack. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett and former Gov. Tom Ridge urged the U.S. Senate to reject Debo Adegbile because he helped overturn the death penalty for a convicted cop killer. Still, the Senate Judiciary…
Former Stanford University Student Successfully Sues to Be Removed from No-Fly List
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Stanford University student became the first person to successfully challenge placement on a government’s no-fly list, Wired.com reports. U.S. District Judge William Alsup said Thursday that an FBI agent “erroneously nominated” Rahinah Ibrahim to the list in 2004. The agent, Michael Kelly, “checked the wrong boxes, filling out the form…
TSA Official Not Charged with Sex Crime After Woman Claims Excessive Groping
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A TSA official won’t be charged with a crime after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her during a search at the Denver International Airport, RT.com reports. Jamelyn Steenhoek, 39, complained in December that she was subjected to a “pretty invasive search” after being stopped at an airport checkpoint. She said…
Ex-FBI Agent: ‘I Wouldn’t Send My Family’ to Olympics in Sochi
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The dangers at the Olympics in Sochi, Russia can’t be overlooked, a former FBI agent warned. NBC Charlotte reports that Chris Swecker, who led security efforts at the Olympics in Salt Lake City following the Sept. 11 attacks, said the large world stage is a magnet for terrorists. “It’s the largest world…
Homeland Security Warns Airlines of Possible Toothpaste Tube Bomb
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Air carriers flying to the Winter Olympics in Russia are being warned to look out for toothpaste tubes containing material for a bomb, Bloomberg reports. The warning comes just days before the start of the Olympics, where officials are on extra alert. It’s unclear what prompted the warnings, and Homeland Security would…
Throwing Stars, Skull Fragments, Grenades: You Won’t Believe the Items Confiscated by TSA in 2013?
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The better question might be – what wasn’t confiscated from U.S. airports in 2013? The TSA discovered guns, grenades, throwing stars and human skull fragments on travelers at checkpoints, WSBT.com reports, citing a TSA blogger. Security found a stun gun in a cane and pepper spray disguised as lipstick. “Our officers regularly find…