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Justice Department Wants Sheriff Gusman to Stop Operating Troubled Jail
Orleans Parish Jail.
By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to remove New Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s authority to operate the jail after failing to comply with a 2013 consent decree.
AG Loretta Lynch Wants Newly Released Inmates to Be Issued ID Cards
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In an effort to make transition from jail to freedom easier for convicts, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch is urging governors to provide parolees with state identification cards. The announcement is part of the nation’s first National Reentry Week, which began Sunday, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “National Reentry Week highlights…
Experts to Homeland Security: Don’t Use Color-Coded Terror Threat Index
After Homeland Security stopped issuing its color-coded terror threat index five years ago, the agency has struggled to find a better way to alert the public.
2 Deputy U.S. Marshals, FBI Agent Shot During Gun Battle at Kansas Hotel
Two U.S. Marshal Service deputies and an FBI agent are recovering from gunshot wounds after coming under fire at a motel in South Topeka, Kansas on Saturday.
TSA Finds Record 73 Firearms in Carry-On Luggage in 1 Week at Nation’s Airports
The TSA reported that a record 73 firearms were found in carry-on luggage last week, setting a 73-year-old record for most guns found in such a short period.
FBI: Louisiana Governor in 1960s Gave KKK Money to Quell Racial Violence
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Louisiana’s governor in the mid-1960s doled out privately raised money to Ku Klux Klan members in hopes of avoiding racial violence, FBI records show. The Advocate reports that Klan members were promised money after the 1964 gubernatorial election in exchange for peace. FBI agents believed that Gov. John J. McKeithen, who…
Secret Service Paid Trump $150,000+ for Use of His Manhattan Condo Building
When Donald Trump began running for president in 2015, it wasn’t the first time the Republican candidate dealt with the agency.
Book Excerpt : ‘On Dope: Drug Enforcement and The First Policeman’
Jeffrey B. Stamm, a highly-decorated DEA agent for 31 years, served domestic and overseas assignments in South America and Central Asia. He rose from undercover agent to a member of DEA’s Senior Executive Service. In December 2015 he retired from the DEA to take a job as executive director of the Midwest High Intensity Drug…