Calls for Investigation into Border Patrol Shooting Increase After Latest Death

 Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The latest fatal shooting by the U.S. Border Patrol has raised questions about the agency’s use of force over the past two years, the Arizona Republic reports. The ACLU and other human-rights advocates are questioning the frequency of the shootings, which have left 18 people dead since January 2010, according to the…

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Lawmakers Upset Over Rift Between Reno ATF and U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nevada

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Three members of Congress are increasingly putting pressure on Attorney General Eric Holder to explain the U.S. Attorney’s  dysfunctional relationship with the Reno-based ATF office, Main Justice reports. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nevada has refused to prosecute ATF cases in the Reno office, leaving as many as a dozen cases untouched…..

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