FBI Investigated Whether Wall Street Journal Reporters Bribed Chinese Officials for Information

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The FBI’s investigation into News Corporation last year included an inquiry into claims that the Wall Street Journal’s China bureau bribed local officials for information, the New York Times reports. It’s unclear what – if anything – the FBI found during the investigation, which originally began over a phone-hacking scandal in 2011. The…

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Former DEA Officials Stand to Profit from Their Opposition to Marijuana Decriminalization

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Two former top DEA officials who have been loudly urging the federal government to nullify marijuana decriminalization in Washington and Colorado stand to profit from making pot illegal, the U.S. News & World Report revealed. The retired officials, Robert L. DuPont, former White House drug czar under Presidents Nixon and Ford, and…

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Judge Removed in “Whitey” Bulger Case

  By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Boston federal judge in the James “Whitey” Bulger case has been removed. CNN reports that the First Circuit Court of Appeals made the ruling after the defense raised concerns that U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns might not be able to be impartial. Stearns was a federal prosecutor at the…

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