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Long-Awaited FBI Computer System Active After Long Delays
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com About three years late and $26 million over budget, the FBI’s new computer system to share case information went live Tuesday, Bloomberg reports Called the Sentinel, the electronic case files offer quick access to new investigations and intelligence. The new technology became a priority following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according…
Efforts to Legalize Marijuana Head to Federal Court
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Is marijuana an effective medicine or dangerous gateway drug? The U.S. District Court of Appeals will answer that question this week after hearing from marijuana advocates who want pot reduced from its Schedule I category, which indicates the drug has no legitimate purpose, to Schedule II, which would give pot medical legitimacy,…
Portland Police Chief to be Trained at FBI National Academy Following Department Problems
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com His department under federal oversight, Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck is to attend a 10-week course at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA., the Portland Daily Sun reports. “It’s a lifelong goal from a law enforcement perspective,” Sauschuck told the newspaper. The academy offered its first classes to 23 students in…
Justice Department Rejects Claims That Obama Administration Policies Led to Botched Drug-Running Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department on Tuesday dismissed allegations from Republican lawmakers who claimed the Obama administration’s strategy for cracking down on gun-smuggling led to the botched Operation Fast and Furious, the Associated Press reports. Republicans allege the administration shifted its focus from seizing firearms from Mexican drug cartels to identifying gun traffickers. The…
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How an Inside Trader Avoided FBI Agents
By David Voreacos Bloomberg News Every dawn in the early spring of 2011, Matthew Kluger peered out his window, wondering when federal agents would knock at his door. Kluger, a mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer, says he worried that authorities were closing in on him as the source of illegal tips in a three-man insider-trading ring that had…
Out-of-State Guns Used in Most NY Crimes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New York’s restrictive gun laws have triggered a rash of gun sales from other states, a federal report shows, Newsday reports. Because the state prohibits machine guns and possessing handguns without a license, weapons are brought into New York from elsewhere, according to a report by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms….
GOP Report Blames Five ATF Officials for “Fast and Furious” Mess
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Republican investigators blamed the failures of “Operation Fast and Furious” on five high-ranking officials at ATF in a scathing congressional report issued Monday, the Los Angeles Times reports. “From the outset, the case was marred by missteps, poor judgments, and an inherently reckless strategy,” the report states. The 211-page report calls on…