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More Shakeups at ATF Over Fast and Furious
By Danny Fenster and Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Now comes more shakeups at ATF over the controversial program Fast and Furious. ATF confirmed Thursday that three officials have been detailed to headquarters in non-operational positions pending the outcome of an Inspector General report into the Fast and Furious program, which encouraged Arizona gun dealers to sell…
Mexcan Drug Lord Pleads Guilty in San Diego
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The one-time Mexican leader of “one of the most notorious multi-national drug trafficking organizations to ever exist” pleaded guilty to a variety of charges in a federal court in San Diego on Wednesday, according to the FBI. Benjamin Arellan-Felix was the leader of the Tijuana Cartel/Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO) from 1986 until…
Slain ATF Agent Honored at Childhood Schools
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The flags flew at half mast this week at the school district where ATF John Capano attended. Capano was fatally shot Dec. 31 when he tried to interfere with a robbery occurring at the Long Island pharmacy where he was picking his father’s cancer medication. Authorities suspect he was accidentally shot…
Atty. General Holder to Testify on Fast and Furious
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Is it Groundhog Day — as in the Bill Murray film? U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will once again testify on Feb. 2 before Congress where he’s gotten a grilling in the past several months on ATF’s controversial gun walking operation “Fast and Furious.” Rep. Darrell Issa’s office fired off a…
Connecticut to Ramp-Up Racial Profiling Reporting Following Justice Dept. Report
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Things are about to change in Connecticut. Following the Justice Department’s discovery of a pattern of discrimination in one town, law enforcement officials have announced they will ramp up efforts to crack down on racial profiling, Fox News Latino reports. Police Departments are supposed to track potential racial profiling by officers…
At FBI, Hope for Injured Soldiers Returning Home
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It was an IED that did it for Povas Miknaitis. After an initial deployment to Iraq in 2008, he was later sent to Afghanistan as a Marine rifleman. In Afghanistan, an IED blast sent shrapnel flying; some hit his arm and abdomen; larger pieces struck his face, shattering his jaw and…
‘Underwear Bomber’ Not Entitled to New Lawyer, Govt. Says
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called “underwear bomber” who tried to ignite a bomb in his underwear on a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day in 2009, wants a new — preferably Muslim stand-by lawyer — for his upcoming sentencing on Jan. 19, the Detroit Free Press reports. Fed prosecutors are opposed. “Because…
FBI Investigates ‘Non-Hazardous’ Powder Sent to Florida Prosecutor’s Office
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The return of the Anthrax it was not. Still, three people reported falling ill on Tuesday after being exposed to a “suspicious” powder in the mail room of the State Attorney’s Office in West Palm Beach office, a city spokesman told CNN. Now the FBI is investigating the incident. The powder…