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FBI: ICE Agent Justified in Fatal Shooting of Colleague Who Turned Gun on Boss
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has determined that an ICE agent did nothing wrong when he gunned down a fellow agent who had fired shots at a supervisor in February 2012, the L.A. Times reports. Ezequiel Garcia fired six shots at Kevin Kozak, the Los Angeles field office’s second in command, during a meeting about…
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…
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…
We have set standards from which we do not wish to deviate
Xander Bogaerts is starting to find his rhythm Cheap Canada Goose, and more importantly his power. In the first month of the season he had 2, yes 2, extra base hits. Not good. For 2005 Canada Goose Sale, Filmfest added guest programmers to organize sidebars on Indian and Chinese film a wise move that expanded…
FBI Surveillance Tool Ruled Unconstitutional
By Ellen Nakashima Washington Post WASHINGTON — A federal court in California has ruled that a surveillance tool widely used by the FBI to obtain information on Americans without court oversight is unconstitutional because the gag order that accompanies it violates the First Amendment. The ruling by Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of…
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…
San Francisco Homeland Security Agent Faces Child Porn Charges
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A San Francisco Department of Homeland Security Agent faces child pornography charges after police say he had an elaborate computer set-up with more than 85 images and videos of child porn, according to KGO-TV ABC 7. The investigation of Agent Gilbert Lam began in 2011 and ended last week. “It was quite…