Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has switched its position and said an ATF agent may publish a book about the agency’s bungled gun smuggling sting operation “Fast and Furious,” the Associated Press reports. The department said it was notifying the ACLU, which is representing ATF agent John Dodson, that the book could be published….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents are accused of using excessive force and conducting illegal searches on people in southern Arizona, the Arizona Republic reports. The ACLU claims the abuses are occurring without any explanation and said scores of people have complained. The ACLU is delivering an administrative complaint Thursday morning. The complaints come just…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New FBI Director James Comey may have to make big cuts to the bureau’s budget because of a government shutdown and last year’s sequester. The ACLU has some ideas about “programs that deserve to get the axe, because they’re ineffective, undermine innocent Americans’ privacy and civil liberties, or simply offend American values.”…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S Border Patrol, as part of a lawsuit alleging the agency racially profiles people, has agreed to share records of each traffic stop in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula for 18 months, ABC News reports. The ACLU has alleged in a lawsuit that Border Patrol agents were pulling over people without reasonable suspicion…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Tired of the FBI’s refusal to describe what happened when an agent shot and killed Ibragim Todashev in an Orlando condo, the ACLU is urging Florida authorities to investigate, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The ACLU also wants to know about the Orlando police officer who was at the condo when the May…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to grill James B. Comey about his views on enemy interrogations and government surveillance during a hearing today, The New York Times reports. President Obama’s choice to be FBI director has faced a tough confirmation process in the midst of revelations that the U.S. is conducting…
By Matthew Harwood ACLU Media Relations Associate Next Tuesday, James Comey will have his first job interview for succeeding Robert Mueller as director of the FBI. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will not only have the chance to determine whether Comey is qualified for the job—and we have our concerns—but an opportunity to examine…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In coming weeks we’re likely to hear comments — pro and con — for the nomination of James Comey for FBI director. Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, issued a statement Friday saying that that anticipated nomination deserves some scrutiny. ‘Specifically, the publicly available evidence…
