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Ex-Atty. Gen. Ashcroft Endorses Romney
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Republican establishment is beginning to line up for GOP hopeful Mitt Romney. The latest: Former Attorney General John Ashcroft, who served under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, endorsed Romney on Monday, according to The Hill. “I admire Mitt’s record of fiscal responsibility, lower taxes and defense of traditional…
Atty. Gen. Holder Defends Right to Kill American Terrorists Overseas
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. on Monday defended what he sees as America’s right to kill suspected American terrorists overseas. “Let me be clear: an operation using lethal force in a foreign country, targeted against a U.S. citizen who is a senior operational leader of al Qaeda or associated forces, and…
Column: Criminal Justice Prof Would Sign Petition to Pressure Fed Judge to Resign Over Racist Joke
Marvin Zalman is a professor in the Criminal Justice Department at Wayne State University. He teaches classes on constitutional criminal procedure, criminal justice policy and wrongful convictions. He was commenting on a column about a racist joke that Chief Judge Richard Cebull circulated via email. By Marvin Zalman For ticklethewire.com I too was outraged by the…
Policing Crime Stoppers
BY ANDREW STRICKLER The Daily A host of financial issues at the nation’s largest Crime Stoppers programs is calling into question how wisely some are using funding received from their often cash-strapped communities. Many are spending just a fraction of their revenue on rewards or costs related to call centers, according to information from federal…
ATF Finds Homemade Napalm During Meth Raid
ATF discusses Napalm found in meth bust: fox10tv.com
Column: Fed Judge Who Circulated Racist Joke Should Resign
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It would come as no shock to find out some Republican appointees to the federal bench are not President Obama’s biggest fans. Nonetheless, it still comes as a shock that Chief Judge Richard Cebull, who is in his late 60s, who was appointed by George W. Bush to the fed bench…
Report Likely to Fuel Debate Over TSA Scanners
By Michael Grabell ProPublica A new report from the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security is likely to fan rather than extinguish the debate over the safety of X-ray body scanners deployed at airports across the country. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and other lawmakers have called on the Transportation Security Administration to conduct…