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Justice Department Intervenes in Dispute over Sports Betting in New Jersey
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Saying the 20-year federal ban on sports betting is unconstitutional, New Jersey is challenging the law in hopes of legalizing sports betting at casinos and racing tracks, NJ.com reports. But the U.S. Department of Justice struck down the argument Friday, saying New Jersey can’t challenge the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act,…
Bungled ATF Operation Raises More Questions Than Answers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial Nestled on a residential street in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood, a new business popped up last year. They called it Fearless Distributing. But it wasn’t real, and it had nothing to do with distribution. It was a setup by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a sting operation designed…
ATF Must Rely on Antiquated Measures to Trace Shootings
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Tracking down shootings is nothing like it is on TV. In fact, the ATF is barred from keeping track of guns under a federal law, the Associated Press reports. It’s illegal to even search for a gun unless it’s used in a crime. “It’s not CSI, and it’s not a sophisticated computer…
Iceland Removed Two FBI Agents During Worldwide WikiLeaks Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Iceland expelled two FBI agents who were trying to interview an unidentified WikiLeaks associate in August 2011, the country’s interior minister revealed Friday, Info Security Magazine reports. Interior Minister Ögmundur Jónasson said FBI agents showed up unannounced to Iceland, long a supporter of free speech. “Jónasson demanded that the FBI agents pack…
Muhammed Ali’s Boxing Trainer Met Secretely with FBI about Nation of Islam
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Muhammed Ali’s trainer and promoter met with FBI agents in 1964 to share information about the boxer’s ties to Nation of Islam, according to confidential documents obtained by The Smoking Gun. Two weeks before Ali beat Sonny Liston in the famous fight, trainer Angelo Dundee and his brother Chris, who promoted the…
Column: Ex-Detroit Mayor Saw Friends, Supporters and Aides as Potential ATMs
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Back in 1989 when I was reporter for The Detroit News I covered a federal trial involving Detroit 36th District Court Judge Leon Jenkins, who was accused of taking bribes to fix traffic tickets. The FBI had him on video taking cash bribes from Sam Dickow, who owned…
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Ex-Head of the Minneapolis FBI Attacks B. Todd Jones’ ATF nomination
DAN BROWNING and PAUL MCENROE Minneapolis Star Tribune staff writers A former director of the Minneapolis FBI office sent a letter this week to members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee denouncing B. Todd Jones’ performance as U.S. attorney in Minnesota as they prepare to consider his nomination to director of the U.S. Bureau…