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Law Enforcement Is No Longer FBI’s ‘Primary’ Mission, National Security Is
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI may be the nation’s premier law enforcement agency, but its chief purpose is something new. That’s according to one of the FBI’s organizational fact sheets, which makes national security the primary function of the FBI, Foreign Policy reports. The shift came after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The change was…
Locals Won’t Charge FBI Agent in Connection With Fatal New Orleans Shooting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent who fatally shot a suspect during a sting operation won’t face state charges from the locals, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro said this weekend that local prosecutors don’t have jurisdiction over the agent. “When a federal agent is acting in the course and…
Appeals Court: FBI Does Not Have to Release Memo Granting Permission to Gather Phone Records
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A confidential Justice Department legal opinion on the extent of the FBI’s surveillance authority does not have to be released to the public, a federal appeals court ruled, the Washington Post reports. The January 2010 memo gave the FBI permission to gather phone call records from telecommunications companies. The U.S. Court of…
Napolitano Sharply Opposed Clemency for NSA Leaker Edward Snowden, Saying He Hurt U.S.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If NSA leaker Edward Snowden hopes to get clemency, it won’t be from Janet Napolitano, CNN reports. The Homeland Security secretary said on “Meet the Press” Sunday that Snowden caused significant damage to U.S. intelligence-gathering. Snowden is charged with three counts of violating the Espionage Act. OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST Dallas County…
Ex-Homeland Chief Janet Napolitano Talks About Security Issues at Winter Olympics in Russia
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Three Florida Workers Accused of Trying to Rip Off FBI May Face Local Charges
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Be careful when choosing your victim. Three workers in southern Florida are accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of electrical wire from the FBI, the Miami Herald reports. But federal prosecutors recently dismissed the theft complaint, putting the decision to charge in the hands of state prosecutors in Broward…
County Attorney in Montana Doesn’t Want DOJ Investigating Handling of Sexual Assault Cases
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An attorney for Missoula County in Montana is arguing that the Justice Department has no authority to investigate how local authorities handle sexual assault cases, the Associated Press reports. Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg even went on to say that the county is an unfair target of the DOJ’s. “For whatever reason we…