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Court: DEA Has Right to Access Energy Bills of Suspected Pot Growers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities have the right to look at the utility bills of suspected marijuana growers, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. The case involved Golden Valley Electric Association, which refused to disclose the records to the DEA. The DEA issued a subpoena for information on a…
FBI May Be Required to Collect Data Soon on Hate Crimes Against Sikhs
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI would be required to collect information on hate crimes committed against Sikh Americans under an initiative between the agency and the U.S. Justice Department, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The effort was spearheaded in April by U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY), who lives in a sizeable Sikh district. More than…
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(Thanks to owner David Glean, it’s still up) about the BIG BANKS Wall Street in general precipitating the 2008 financial crisis. 4 CEO’s of major American investment banks, swearing to tell the truth to a Congressional investigating committee. Because their predatory lending practices put so many mortgages “under water,” and because we, the people Replica…
Man Who Opened Fire on FBI Agents Sentenced to 15 Years
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A fugitive who shot at FBI agents while he was barricaded in a house his near Pittsburgh was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Frank Perez Jr. fired at least 20 shots from two pistols and a 12-gauge shotgun while an FBI SWAT team surrounded his…
Ex-NFL Running Back Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison for Wire Fraud
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former NFL running back Michael Antwon Bennett couldn’t run away fast enough from this problem. Bennett faces up to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty last week to making fraudulent financial claims in order to get a $200,000 loan, the Florida Sun Sentinel reports. Bennett, 33, tried to get the…
FBI Plans New Regional Office in Metro Sacramento
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI plans to build a new FBI regional office in metropolitan Sacramento, the Sacramento Business Journal reports. Citing officials from Roseville, where the office is to be located, the FBI settled on a 12-acre site. The office is expected to be opened in 2015. City officials said the FBI is beginning…
ATF Whistleblower Peter Forcelli Settles Retaliation Claim Against Government
By Jerry Seper The Washington Times WASHINGTON — A Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agent who blew the whistle on the botched Fast and Furious gunrunning investigation and, according to lawmakers, was threatened with losing his job has successfully resolved a retaliation claim. ATF agent Peter Forcelli settled the claim, according to…
No Marital Bliss Here: Husband Accused of Burning His Wife’s FBI Car
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com And as if the agent needed another reason to get a divorce. The Associated Press reports that authorities charged the husband of an FBI agent of setting her bureau car on fire with her weapons inside at their Portland, Ore. home. AP reported that authorities alleged that David Powers, 44, set…