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Republicans Bash Justice Department for Perceived Racism in Civil Rights Division
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Republican lawmakers lashed out at the Justice Department with accusations of racism and preferential treatment in the civil rights division, the Houston Chronicle reports. At a Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, former employees and a March Inspector General’s report were used to suggest the division was guided by race, not justice. “The IG report…
Homeland Security Warned About Potential for Pressure Cooker Attacks
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Homeland Security in 2010 warned about terrorists using pressure cookers in bombings in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, Fast Company reports. Surgeons who worked on the victims found large pellets, small BBs and headless nails that were stuffed in six-liter pressure cookers. The department sent letters to law enforcement…
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FBI Arrests Mississippi Man For Allegedly Mailing Ricin Letters
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI announced Wednesday that it arrested a man in connection with the mailing of three letters suspected of containing ricin. The letters were sent to a U.S. senator, the White House and a Mississippi justice official. Agent around 5:15 p.m. arrested Paul Kevin Curtis at his home in Corinth, Miss….
Column: On Gun Control, Courage in Short Supply
By Dana Milbank Washington Post Columnist WASHINGTON — The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try. In an unorthodox tactic, he appealed directly to the woman taking…
CNN Reports Now That There is No Arrest in Boston Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A suspect, who was identified from two videos taken before Monday’s marathon, was arrested, CNN initially reported. But now the network is saying there has been no arrested. CNN reported that one video was surveillance footage from a nearby Lord & Taylor department store and the other was taken by a…
Letter to President Obama Tests Positive for Ricin
Aaron C. Davis and Sari Horwitz Washington Post WASHINGTON — A letter addressed to President Obama containing a substance that initially tested positive for the toxin ricin was intercepted Tuesday by authorities at a remote White House mail screening facility, according to the FBI. The letter follows the discovery Tuesday of a ricin-laced letter…
Man Recently Released After Serving 25 Years in Prison Strikes Another Bank, Is Arrested
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Edward Stevens, a prolific bank robber who once was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, had just finished up a 25-year-prison sentence when police said he struck an Oakland bank and fled with a bag of cash in a stolen car, NJ.com reports. Police said Stevens, 59, wasn’t out of prison…