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Justice Department Loses Another Top Official with Imminent Departure of Public Affairs Post
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Tracy Schmaler, head of the Justice Department’s public affairs office, is stepping down to join the private sector, the Washington Post reports. Schmaler, whose departure next month leaves another vacancy at the top level of the department, took a job for ASGK Public Strategies, a firm created by former senior White House…
Judge: Top FBI Agent in Seattle May Proceed with Age Discrimination, Hostile Workplace Lawsuit
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The special agent who oversaw the FBI’s Seattle office cleared a hurdle in her discrimination lawsuit against the bureau Thursday, the Seattle Times reports. U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled that Special Agent-in-Charge Laura M. Laughlin, 55, can proceed with her claims of sex discrimination and retaliation, the Seattle Times reported. Laughlin…
Savannah Police Department Under FBI Investigation Over Claims of Under-Reporting Crime
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating claims that the Savannah-Chatham Police Department is under-reporting or failing to report crimes, Savannah Now reports. Alderman Tony Thomas suggested in January that the department’s record-low crime levels are the result of officers failing to report many crimes, Savannah Now reported. Other council members said they had heard…
Al Capone an “Amateur” Compared to the FBI’s New “Public Enemy Number One”
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The head of a criminal enterprise in Chicago is far more violent and dangerous than mob boss Al Capone ever was, according to the FBI. To capture the elusive, vicious Joaquin Guzman Loera, the FBI said it has joined forces with the Chicago Police Department, naming Joaquin Guzman Loera “Public Enemy Number…
Justice Department, FBI: Budget Cuts Would Undermine Public Safety
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department and FBI warned Thursday that public safety is at risk if across-the-board budget cuts proceed, the Huffington Post reports. The result would be devastating: FBI furloughs would reduce the number of cases the bureau can take; the Justice Department wouldn’t be able to prosecute as many cases; and the…
The Crawdads rallied to tie the game and send it into extra
Pat’s High School. They were married in 1952. Bernard and Margaret raised their 5 children in 2 different houses in Fort William, with many adventures in town and at the famous “yellow camp” on Silver Beach. Boise State Athletic Director Mark Coyle, who accepted a new job at Syracuse after three and a half years…
ACLU: FBI Is Secretly Profiling Muslims, Latinos, African-Americans and Others
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ACLU is blasting the FBI for using an alleged secret racial and ethnic mapping program to profile Muslims in Michigan, black people in Georgia, Chinese-Americans in California and Latinos in several states, Huffington Post reports. “What we’ve uncovered through over 15,000 documents from 34 states around the country already shows, as…
Napolitano: Budget Reductions Would Put U.S. at Increased Risk of Terrorist Attack
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The nation’s security is at risk under $85 billion in budget reductions that will go into effect if Republicans and Democrats can’t agree soon on spending cuts, said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, CNN reports. “Sequestration would roll back border security, increase wait times at our nation’s land ports of entry and…