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Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! Jury Convicts Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, His Dad and Good Friend
By Allan Lengel and Bill McGraw Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Kwame Kilpatrick, the youngest mayor in Detroit history, who became a devisive figure and ended up in trouble with the law time after time, was convicted by a Detroit federal jury today on numerous public corruption charges, along with his long-time friend Bobby Ferguson. His…
Police and FBI Tracked bin Laden’s Son-in-Law For About 10 Years
By Mark Hosenball Reuters WASHINGTON – U.S. investigators tracked Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, for about 10 years before he was detained in Jordan and brought by the FBI to New York City in the past few days, U.S. officials familiar with the investigation said. An FBI agent and a New…
Iran Says It Wants to Help Find Out About Whereabouts of Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Have we heard this before? The Associated Press reports that Iran’s foreign minister says his country is prepared to help find out what happened to retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished six years ago while traveling to the Iranian island of Kish. Iran has indicated in the past that Levinson…
Court: Border Patrol Must Have Reasonable Cause to Conduct Thorough Search of Electronic Devices
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is prohibited from conducting a thorough search of an electronic device like a computer or cell phone unless there is reasonable suspicion of a crime, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday, the Inquisitr reports. But the ruling does not prevent Border Patrol from making cursory checks of electronic…
Justice Department’s Civil Rights Head Expected to Be Nominated Labor Secretary
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama is expected to nominate Thomas Perez, a civil rights expert, as his choice to head the Department of Labor, the Associated Press reports. Head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division since 2009, the 51-year-old could be nominated as early as today. Perez led an effort to challenge voter ID…
Beefed-up Border Patrol Making Progress in Securing U.S. Border
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Arrests of migrants are at their lowest level since the 1970s because of increased security, the LA Times reports. Since 1986, the number of U.S. Border Patrol agents rose 3,222 to 18,500 today, the LA Times reported. The result: Less crime and more economic development for border towns. “We have gone above…
Unidentified Bodies Stacking Up While Border Patrol Increases Security: 5,513 Found in 15 Years
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Increased security along the U.S.-Mexico border is forcing some migrants to traverse remote deserts with debilitating heat – a reality that leads to deaths. The Associated Press reports that 5,513 bodies have been found in the past 15 years. Critics charge that federal agents are more worried about enforcement than saving lives,…
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