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A New Show on Netflix Worth Watching: ‘Narco,’ The Story About Pablo Escobar
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Having finished watching a series of TV shows including “Breaking Bad” and “Sons of Anarchy,” I was looking for a new show. I stumbled across “Narco,” a Netflix-made series on drug lord Pablo Escobar and the DEA in Colombia. It’s a show worth watching. It intersperses real news video clips to…
Prosecutors Try to Preserve Testimony in Case Against Agent Accused of Lying about ‘Whitey’ Bulger Case
The witnesses in the case against a retired FBI agent are so old and ill that prosecutors are taking the unusual step of trying to preserve the testimony in depositions in the event that something happens to the people now in their 80s.
Fears of Stronger Gun Laws Apparently Fueled Record Purchases of Firearms
Gun sales surged in August following a series of high-profile shootings that spread fear of stronger firearm laws.
Justice Department to Prioritize Prosecution of Wall Street Criminals
The Justice Department has pledged to prioritize prosecution of Wall Street criminals.
Less Than Half of U.S.-Mexico Border Is Under ‘Operational Control,
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Think the Mexico-U.S. border is safer. Think again. So says Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, who told Congress Wednesday that only 40% of the border is under “operational control,” The Washington Times reports. Judd also said that 20% of illegal immigrants who were captured had criminals records….
Less Than Half of U.S.-Mexico Border Is Under ‘Operational Control,’ Agents Say
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Think the Mexico-U.S. border is safer. Think again. So says Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, who told Congress Wednesday that only 40% of the border is under “operational control,” The Washington Times reports. Judd also said that 20% of illegal immigrants who were captured had criminals records….
Homeland Security Takes Crackdown on Drug Smuggling to the Sky
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security is taking its fight against drug smuggling to the sky. The Associated Press reports that CBP agents are using aging P-3 surveillance planes with high-tech radar to search for drug smugglers. The surveillance comes at a time when agents are finding an increasing amount of cocaine smuggling across the…
Government Lawyer: Don’t Discipline Border Patrol for Erasing Videotapes
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The lawyer for federal government acknowledged that Border Patrol erased videotapes that captured allegedly deplorable conditions at several Arizona detention centers but urged a judge not to discipline the agency, the Arizona Capitol Times reports. Assistant Attorney General Sarah Fabian said the agency was under no obligation to save the recordings…