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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…
Security For Federal Judges Improves
Good news for federal judges who put their lives on the line going up against some of the nation’s toughest criminals and angry litigants who can get unhinged. Protection has improved. Not long ago the Marshal Service was under attack for not promptly investigating threats against judges. Matthew Barakat ASSOCIATED PRESS Four years after the…
Homeland Sec. Adviser Admits ICE Needs To Improve Treatment of Immigrant Detainees
By Dora Schriro For USA TODAY WASHINGTON — For some time, concerns have been expressed about immigration detention, medical care and the general treatment of ICE detainees. We are beginning to see progress, even in the midst of ICE’s swift ramp-up since its inception in 2003, but I believe we have a good deal more…