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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…
Federal Agencies Must Learn: Twitter and Facebook Aren’t Just For Kids Anymore
With all the forms of communication these days, federal agencies need to keep up with the “New Media”. By Chris Battle Security DeBrief WASHINGTON — The State Department continues to lead the way among federal agencies making use of new media tools. Colleen Graffey, deputy assistant secretary for public diplomacy, published a column (“A Tweet…
S.C. Trooper Pleads in Fed Court to Kicking Suspect in Head After Highway Chase
The trooper was caught on video abusing the suspect. It might make the public wonder what would have happened had there not been an official video. By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former South Carolina trooper caught on video kicking a suspect in the head after a highway chase pleaded guilty…
Former Atty. Gen. Griffin Bell Dead at Age 90
Griffin Bell He was a man who brought justice to Justice. By TOM BAXTER Special to the Atlanta Journal Constitution Griffin Boyette Bell, who served as Jimmy Carter’s attorney general and whose South Georgia drawl and lawyerly mannerisms disguised an unusually innovative legal mind, died Monday morning. He was 90. “He was thinking outside the…
Obama to Nominate David Ogden for Dep. Atty. General
By Alland Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – As expected, private attorney David Ogden, a former Justice Department lawyer under President Clinton, will be the nominee for Deputy Attorney General. President elect-Barack Obama made the announcement Monday morning. Obama also announced that he planned to nominate three other people from the Clinton administration to key posts: Elena…