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Ex-DEA Official Endorses Mitt Romney
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Donald Trump wasn’t the only person serving up an endorsement this week for presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. Romney announced that Asa Hutchinson, the former administrator for DEA, is endorsing him, according to the website Politicalnews.me. “I’m proud to earn Asa’s endorsement,” said Mitt Romney, according to the website. “Asa is a…
Family of Murdered Border Patrol Agent Files $25 Million Lawsuit Against ATF
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Dem Lawmaker Accuses Rep. Issa of “Election Year Witch Hunt” in Congressional Probe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, on Thursday accused Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican committee chair, of an “election year witch hunt” in going after the Attorney General and the Justice Department during a Congressional probe into the flawed Operation Fast and…
NYC Councilman Regrets Comments About FBI
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A New York city councilman is recanting comments he made over the weekend critical of the FBI, reports the New York Post City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Queens) likened an FBI investigation looking into the campaign finances of his friend Comptroller John Liu to “political entrapment” on a radio show over the…
State Legislator Concerned Over DEA Questioning About Her Over Marijuana
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Montana state legislator claims the DEA is investigating her because of her support of medical marijuana laws. Diane Sands, a Democratic in the State House, told the Missoulian that a possible witness in a DEA investigation into medical marijuana businesses was asked if she was part of a conspiracy to…
U.S. No Fly List Doubles; Underwear Bomber Appears to Have Contributed to Spike
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The man dubbed the “Underwear Bomber”, who tried blowing up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas day in 2009, may have contributed more to this country than we think. The Associated Press reports that the U.S. no fly list for suspected terrorists has more than doubled in the past year,…
Issa threatens Holder with contempt over Mexico gun probe
By Kevin Johnson USA TODAY The chairman of the House’s chief investigative committee today threatened Attorney General Eric Holder with contempt of Congress if he failed to provide additional documents in the panel’s ongoing inquiry into allegations that federal agents allowed hundreds of weapons to flow to Mexico and into the hands of drug cartel…
Oops! FBI in Mass. Busts into Wrong Apartment During Raid and Points Guns
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ooops! Make that two Ooops! The Associated Press reported that the FBI last week used a chain saw to cut open an apartment door during a drug raid in Fitchburg, Mass., in Worcester County. Only thing is, it was the wrong apartment. Agents also pointed guns at the people inside, AP…