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guild prepares for christmas sale Celine Replica Bags Reason: Released this year celinesmile.com, Leica’s Q is arguably the best digital camera ever made. The 24 megapixel snapper’s results are stunning: I fell in love with the quality of its shots instantly. Leica’s incredible (fixed) 28mm lens, together with a full frame sensor that maximises light…
The Gun Issue: If Dead Kids Doesn’t Do it, What Will?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s nauseating to say the least to see how spineless our Washington lawmakers are, how fearful they are when it comes to standing up to the NRA and the people who insist that universal background checks are too intrusive and assault weapons are necessary to own. The Newtown shootings should…
Experts Say Too Many High-Level Justice Department Jobs Are Vacant
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Experts are worried about numerous vacancies in the criminal and national security divisions of the Justice Department, Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post reports. “There is no question that the vacancies always have an effect,” Robert Raben, an assistant attorney general in the Clinton administration, said. “Senior leadership matters in policymaking, responsiveness…
Can FBI Tap Into Cell Phones without a Warrant? Arguments Begin in Federal Court Today
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s use of cell-phone tracking technology will go on trial this afternoon. At issue is stingray devices, which use legitimate cell towers to connect to mobile devices, CNET reports. Civil libertarians argue the devices violate Americans’ Fourth Amendment right to reasonable privacy and want to impose limits on them, in the…
Columnists Offer Alternatives to Immigrant Detention That Include Private-Sector Supervision
By Julie Myers Wood and Steve J. Martin Washington Times Congress held two hearings this month to examine the government’s decision to release more than 2,000 immigrants from detention for budgetary reasons. The good news is that committee members of both parties used these hearings to focus on the core issue: our flawed immigration-detention system….
Recent Addition to 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List Surrenders in Colorado to Face Murder Charge
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Less than two weeks after being added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, Edwin Ernesto Rivera Gracias voluntarily returned from El Salvador to Colorado to be charged with first-degree murder, USA Today reports. Rivera Gracias, who surrendered after the FBI announced a $100,000 reward, was wanted for the Colorado slaying…
Meet the New Secret Service Director Julia A. Pierson
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It created a buzz in D.C. before the announcement. President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced his intention to name Julia A. Pierson as the 23rd Director of the U.S. Secret Service and the first woman to head the agency. The following is a press release that was posted on the Secret…
Deirdre L. Fike to Head Up FBI’s Anchorage Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Deirdre L. Fike, who most recently was an inspector for the Inspection Division at headquarters, has been assigned to head up the FBI’s Anchorage Division. Fike began her FBI career in 1989 and was first assigned to Louisville, where she investigated violent crimes and served as a crisis negotiator and a…