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Alejandro Mayorkas Closer to Winning Confirmation for No. 2 Job at Homeland Security
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s pick for the No. 2 job at the Department of Homeland Security advanced to the next stage after getting approval from a Senate panel, the Los Angeles Times reports. Now Alejandro Mayorkas, head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, needs confirmation from a majority of the Senate. Republicans have objected…
ICE Employee Fired Over Website That Warned of Impending Race War
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ICE officer who operates a website that warns of an impending race war has been fired, the Associated Press reports. Ayo Kimathi, who wrote about an “unavoidable, inevitable clash with the white race,” had been on paid administrative leave for four months. As an acquisitions officer, Kimathi, who is black, handled…
The Game Remains the Same
By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — Over the last half-decade or so, City Paper has done in-depth reporting about how Baltimore’s drug game is tied to heroin arriving from Africa, gangsters who double as gang interventionists, the Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) gang’s broad reach in prisons and the streets, and legendary old felons getting…
Some Congress Members Demand More Answers About Boston Marathon Bombing Probe
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some members of Congress are still not satisfied with FBI’s response to questions about the Boston Marathon bombings, My Fox Boston reports. One of the lingering questions is: Why didn’t the FBI tell local law enforcement that Russian authorities had warned the U.S. about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the bombing suspect who was killed….
U.S. Citizen Says He Was Held by FBI For 4 Months, Endured Harsh Treatment in Africa
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. citizen claims in a lawsuit filed by the federal government that he was held for four months, endured harsh interrogation and was later released after it was discovered he had done nothing wrong, the Reason reports. Amir Meshal is represented by he ACLU, which contends its client was unfairly…
Milwaukee Paper: Inspector General Must Investigate ATF’s Rogue Tactics in Milwaukee
By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Opinion There should be no question over whether Inspector General Michael Horowitz should expand his investigation into undercover storefront operations by the ATF to include rogue tactics exposed by a Journal Sentinel Watchdog Report investigation. An official with the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that Horowitz “can and should”…
Former DEA Supervisor Becomes Advocate of Marijuana Industry As Lawyer
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Patrick Moen, a 36-year-old former DEA supervisor, took quite a turn in his career path, the Atlantic reports. Yes, Moen may have recently led a team that fought against methamphetamine and heroin dealers in Portland. But that’s the past. Moen has become the in-house lawyer for Privateer Holdings Inc., a private equity…
Feds: 18 Charged in Sweeping Case of Abuse in L.A. County Sheriff’s Department
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Eighteen current and former members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are accused of misconduct and abusing inmates in county jails, the New York Times reports. Feds charged the defendants Monday with excessive use of force and obstruction of justice at the nation’s largest county’s jail system. The charges follow countless…