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Secret Service to Unveil Hybrid Limo for Obama
Good to see there’s some sense of energy conservation going on. By Mike M. Ahlers and Eric Marrapodi CNN WASHINGTON — As a candidate, Barack Obama promoted hybrid cars. As president, he’ll be handed the keys to one. Sort of. Shortly after taking the oath of office, Obama will climb into the Mother of All…
Obama Likely to Address U.S. Atty. Posts Individually
The last thing the Obama administration wants to do is repeat how the Bush folks handled U.S. Attorney hirings and firings. Joe Palazzolo Legal Times WASHINGTON –In a meeting last month with Barack Obama’s transition staff, representatives of the nation’s top prosecutors caught a glimpse of the president-elect’s thinking on the politically fraught issue of…
Blue Uniforms for TSA officers Getting Under Their Skin
Some of these folks look irritated enough just doing their job. Do they need this? By Steve Vogel Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The new blue uniforms issued to Transportation Security Administration officers at hundreds of airports nationwide may have a snazzy look, but they have become a major irritant for some of those…
ABC’s ‘Homeland Security USA’ Show a Bomb
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — I just finished watching the first episode of ABC’s “Homeland Security USA” and I can honestly say the best thing about it was the Domino’s Pizza commercial about its new baked submarine sandwiches. Simply put: ABC deserves a D. The show falls flat. Sure there’s some drugs seized and…
TSA and Jet Blue Pay $240,000 To Man Who Was Prevented From Boarding Because He Wouldn’t Cover Up Arabic on T-shirt
The questionable judgment of TSA and the airlines is costing money. By The Associated Press NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union said Monday JetBlue Airways Corp. and the Transportation Security Administration paid $240,000 to a man who claimed he was discriminated against based on his ethnicity and Arabic writing on his T-shirt. Raed…
Unsealed FBI Affidavit Provides More Gruesome Details in Blackwater Guard Killings in Iraq
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – An FBI affidavit unsealed Monday provides a few new details of gruesome allegations against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards charged in the 2007 shootings in Baghdad that left at least 14 Iraqi civilians dead and 20 wounded. Washington FBI agent John M. Patarini , in a 3-page affidavit, wrote…
The Job Market May Suck But There’s a “Hiring Blitz” at the FBI With About 3,000 Job Openings
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In these gloomy days of cutbacks and layoffs and what not, it may sound a bit strange to hear an organization announcing a “Hiring Blitz”. Well, those are the words being bandied about at the FBI these days. The agency announced a “Hiring Blitz” Monday to fill more than…
Mobster John Gotti Jr. Wants Out on Bail; Motion Says He Quit Mob Years Ago
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com Attorneys for John Gotti Jr. filed a motion Monday saying their client quit the mob years ago and deserves to be free on bail pending trial in New York on allegations of cocaine trafficking, murder, extortion, jury tampering and kidnapping. The 14-page motion filed in U.S. District Court said Gotti is…