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Column: Focus Should be on Attorney General Holder’s Mediocre Performance
By David Ignatius The Washington Post People are looking for the wrong “scandal” about Attorney General Eric Holder. The problem with Holder is the plain fact that, in the judgment of a wide range of legal colleagues, he has been a mediocre attorney general. Holder’s mistakes in management and judgment are clear in the current…
Homeland Security Agent Hit by Car, Shoots Fleeing Driver
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Homeland Security special agent assisting in a multi-agency narcotics operation in Washington state was hit by a car and then shot the fleeing driver, The News Tribune reports. The suspect’s condition was unknown at the time, but the agent suffered a minor injury and is expected to fully recover, The News…
FBI Investigates California State Senator over Water Board Contract That Helped Brother
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI investigation of a California state senator involves legislation he introduced for a water district that his brother was hired to oversee, the Associated Press reports. Two people told the AP they were questioned by the FBI about Sen. Ron Calderon’s water board legislation and its connections with his brother, Tom…
FBI Used Fake Underground Newspapers to Neutralize Anti-War Sentiments in ’60s, ’70s
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI produced fake newspapers in the 1960s and ’70s to combat anti-war sentiment, the Austin Chronicle reports. The newspapers, which were recently discovered in a cache of declassified documents, included a campus newspaper at Indiana University Bloomington, called the Rational Observer. “[They are] one of the ‘smoking guns’ that activists who…
FBI Begins to Track Hate Crimes Against Followers of the Sikh Religion
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI will begin tracking crimes against Sikhs as part of its reporting system, the Associated Press reports. The decision follows recent attacks on followers of the Sikh religion, including the shooting deaths of six worshippers in Wisconsin in August. Followers of the religion have been pressing the FBI to include Sikhs…
ATF Agent Jay Dobyns Who Went Undercover With Hells Angels To Get Day in Court Against the Bosses
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com Jay Dobyns, who has become a controversial agent at ATF, is finally getting his day in court. Trial begins in the U.S. Court of Federal on Monday addressing claims in his lawsuit of breach of contract. Dobyns claims the agency failed to abide by a 2007 written contract to protect him…
Atty. General Eric Holder Jr. Says He Won’t Step Down
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Rep. Barber Urges House Leaders To Make Certain Sequestration Doesn’t Result in Reduction In Border Patrol Agents’ Pay
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Rep. Ron Barber, D-Tucson, is urging House leaders to make sure budget cuts within the Department of Homeland Security don’t impact Border Patrol staffing levels or pay of its agents, according to a press release issued by his office. “Every dollar spent on lower-priority items means one less dollar spent to…