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Denver Post: Time for DEA to Stop Stalling on Reclassifying Marijuana
Colorado’s now years-long experiment with legal medical and recreational cannabis markets has been mostly positive and fascinating, and yet the federal government has been slow to rethink its decades-long prohibitionist position.
NYT Editorial: Justice Department Too Slow to Apply Mercy
President Obama last week commuted the prison terms of 214 federal inmates who were sent to prison under draconian, ’80s-era laws that have since been revised.
FBI Agent Was on Scene of ‘Draw Muhammad’ Attack in Garland, Texas
An undercover FBI agent was on the scene when two ISIS supporters opened fire at a “Draw Muhammad” contest in a Dallas suburb, according to newly filed court documents.
PolitFact: Relatives of Slain Border Patrol Agent Wrong About Available Agents
Relatives of Brian Terry, the Border Patrol agent who was killed in a shootout with Mexican bandits in December 2010, criticized President Obama for “thinly equipped” Border Patrol agents.
Homeland Security Searches for Drones Capable of Facial Recognition
Homeland Security is looking to Silicon Valley for specially designed drones.
FBI Released Aerial Video Footage of Baltimore Protests
The FBI captured more than 18 hours of aerial surveillance video from the Baltimore protests following the death of Freddie Gray in 2015.
D.C. Transit Officer First Law Enforcement Official Charged with Terrorism in U.S.
A patrol officer with Washington D.C. regional transit police its the first law enforcement official to be charged with terrorism in the U.S.