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“Goodfellas” Mobster Gets Probation for Public Intoxication
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Henry Hill, the New York mobster who inspired the Martin Scorcese film “Goodfellas”, has been sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of public intoxication, the Associated Press reported. Hill, 65, a mobster turned informant, got credit for four days served and was fined $220 in…
Things We Still Don’t Know About Airport Security on 9/11
As Andrew Cochran points out, there’s so much we still don’t know about what happened on 9/11. Time for some of that transparency the Obama administration has promised. By Andrew Cochran Counterterrorism Blog Here is what we still don’t know, over seven years after the 9/11 attacks, about airline and airport security on that day:…
Florida Fed Prosecutors Want to Limit Wesley Snipe’s International Party Plans
Wesley Snipes is simply a party animal. But federal prosecutors want to put a clamp on that partying — at least when it comes to overseas parties. By The Associated Press Prosecutors in Florida want a judge to restrict actor Wesley Snipes’ international travel because they say he attended a lavish party in Dubai while…
BIO: Homeland Sec. Napolitano Rose to Prominence As Anita Hill’s Lawyer
Read the stats on the new Secretary of Homeland Security and it comes as no surprise she’s risen to top. By AllGov Janet Napolitano does not shy away from tough fights, having first risen to prominence as Anita Hill’s attorney during the Clarence Thomas controversy, and later as a Democratic governor of a very Republican…
DEA Busts San Francisco Medical Marijuana Center Despite Administration’s New Policy
Here’s an interesting development. The Obama Administration has made it clear that it would no longer bust legal medical marijuana dispensaries. Was that too broad of a policy statement or have some people just not gotten the memo? By Rachel Gordon San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO — Federal agents raided a medical marijuana dispensary in…
Justice and FBI Say They Won’t Compromise Terrorism Resources
The Justice Department needs to continue allocating resources for terrorism. But it better beef up the fight against fraud, including mortgage fraud. That, simply put, has become financial terrorism and it’s helping bring down our economy, not to mention harming the American psyche. By DAVID JOHNSTON and NEIL A. LEWIS New York Times WASHINGTON –…
Hollywood Comes to D.C. to Film FBI Pilot Show
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — They often call Washington Hollywood on the Potomac. But Wednesday Hollywood came to the Potomac, just north of the Key Bridge in Georgetown to film an explosion in a boat for a tv pilot “Washington Field”. The tv drama centers on the FBI’s specialty unit the National Capital Response…
Relationship Between FBI and Arab and Muslim Communities Continues to Slide
The relationship between the FBI and the Muslim and Arab communities has been deteriorating as of late. Too bad. So much progress hasd been made in the post 9/11 era. It’s of no benefit to either side for this relationship to continue on the down slide. No benefit at all. It’s time to have constructive…