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Justice Dept. Probing Arizona Sheriff on Treatment of Illegal Aliens
The Justice Department will be trying to determine if the sheriff’s department violated the civil rights of illegal aliens and broke the law. It seems the laws are so unclear — at least to some local law enforcement agencies around the country. Or maybe the agencies are just choosing to ignore them. By Penny Starr…
Ex-DEA Official Testifies About the Escalating Guns, Drugs and Violence in Mexico
By Michael Braun Counterterrorism Blog WASHINGTON –Today* I testified before the Subcommittee on National Security & Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the escalating violence in Mexico. My viewpoint arises from my 34 years in law enforcement and as a U.S. Marine. I served for almost four years…
Group Says FBI Using Outdated and Deliberately Limited Search Process in Freedom of Information Act
Anyone who has ever filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI knows it can take forever to get the results. They also know they may not ever get the results they want. A private group, the National Security Archives, is now giving the agency grief about this — and deservedly so. By…
Retired FBI Agent Jerry Breidenfeld Dead At 83
By Joe Holley Washington Post Staff Writer Jerry H. Breidenfeld, 83, a retired agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, died March 6 at Reston Hospital Center of congestive heart failure. He moved to Ashburn in 2006 after living in Reston for many years. Dr. Breidenfeld joined the FBI in 1951 and served in Knoxville,…
Gov. Blago Campaign Targeted Chicago Trib Owner for $25,000
The feds are interested in this part of the case and have interviewed Sam Zell, owner of the Chicago Tribune. Interestingly, it was the Chicago Sun-Times, the competing newspaper in town that broke this story. Thank goodness for two-newspaper towns. BY NATASHA KORECKI, DAVE MCKINNEY AND DAVID ROEDER Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Tribune Co. chairman…
Fed Judge Gives ex-Chicago Cop 12 Years in Mob Case
Here’s a police department that could use an upgrade when it comes to its reputation. Previously allegations of torture. Citizen beatings. And now a conviction like this. Not good. By STEVE WARMBIR Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO –A man can be a good cop one day, a corrupt one the next, a federal judge noted as he…
Dead Butterflies and Federal Prison?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Michigan Dentist Kevin Rucinski may have the butterflies when he gets sentenced in federal court in Bay City later this year. And for good reason. The affable dentist in the quaint little Northern Michigan community of Roscommon pleaded guilty earlier this month to violating the Endangered Species Act by buying rare…