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Bush Cuts Sentence of 2 Texas U.S. Border Patrol Agents
Citizens and politicians on both sides of the fence pushed for this. In the final hours, President Bush came through for them. By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press WASHINGTON – In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday granted early prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for…
Tex. U.S. Atty. Sutton Praises Bush Decision to Cut Border Agents’ Sentences But Keep Conviction
U.S. Atty. Sutton/doj photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In a carefully worded statement, Texas U.S. Atty. Johnny Sutton Thursday night praised Pres. Bush for cutting two Texas Border Agents’ sentences, but upholding their convictions for shooting and wounding a Mexican drug dealer and covering up the incident. “Today, the President exercised his power under the…
FBI Agent Stephen Tidwell Who Worked on D.C. Sniper and 9/11 is Calling it Quits After 25 Years
After 25 years and investigations that have included the D.C. snipercase and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, FBI agent J. Stephen Tidwell is calling it quits. By LISA BEISEL Annapolis Capitol Crofton resident J. Stephen Tidwell has had an exciting career with the FBI since 1983. He currently holds the bureau’s fourth-highest position, and during…
The Deadly Mexico Drug War Continues To Trigger Concern in U.S.
The raging drug war in Mexico is causing high anxiety in the U.S. By Traci Carl The Associated Press MEXICO CITY – Indiscriminate kidnappings. Almost daily beheadings. Gangs that mock and kill government agents. This isn’t Iraq or Pakistan. It’s Mexico, which the U.S. government and a growing number of analysts say is becoming one…
Current ticklethewire.com Poll: Who has Been a Better FBI Director?
I invite more of you to vote on the current ticklethewire.com poll (to the right): Who has been the better director of the FBI? Louis Freeh or Robert Mueller III. The voting has been has been neck-and-neck. The poll will close on Friday at midnight. Allan Lengel editor/ticklethewire.com
Chicago Sun-Times Indentifies More Names in Document Charging Gov. Blagojevich
Like so many of the political corruption documents filed by U.S. Attorneys, this one is filled with words like “individuals” and “advisers”. The Chicago Sun-Times took the time to figure out who the individuals were behind those rather vague descriptions. BY CHRIS FUSCO, NATASHA KORECKI, TIM NOVAK AND DAVE MCKINNEY Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — The…
One Day to Go: Feds Ready for Inauguration Armed With High Tech Equipment
Federal authorities are seemingly prepared for the inauguration. But they know they can’t be prepared for everything. Whatever the case: One more day til showtime. By Josh Meyer Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — As the multitudes arrive for the historic inauguration of Barack Obama, the most high-tech security bubble ever created is in place to…
FEMA All a Twitter Over Twitter
Federal agencies are going to need to figure out all the cutting-edge ways to communicate to the public. Here’s the latest illustration that it’s starting. By Chris Battle Security DeBrief WASHINGTON — On Monday, FEMA Administrator David Paulison participated in a citizens’ news conference on the social media Website Twitter. And, yes, that’s the news….