Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com White supremacist and border vigilante J.T. Ready was already being investigated for domestic terrorism by the feds when he allegedly went on a killing spree in his Gilbert, Arizona home, just outside of Pheonix, last Wednesday, reports The Arizona Republic. Feds seized the opportunity of the tragedy to join Gilbert police at…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com About 180 federal employees have begun moving into the FBI’s new Tucson-area headquarters, which officially opened on the first of this month, reports Inside Tucson Business. The building, 92,000 square feet, consolidates three scattered locations in the area. The building is owned and operated by the Kansas-based Quality Group of Companies…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A report issued late Monday night by the Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform tries to debunk suggestions by Republicans that high level appointees at the Justice Department conceived and directed the very flawed ATF Operation Fast and Furious. It places the blame for the operation squarely…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Tuesday in Arizona was a big one for the DEA’s Phoenix Field Office, where authorities seized 44 firearms, 650 pounds of marijuana and a $7.8 million in cash in a 15-month sting dubbed “Operation Crank Call.” The trafficking network is believed to be related to the infamous Sinaloa Cartel of Mexico….
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Mark Shurtleff , a Republican, is Utah attorney general; Terry Goddard, a Democrat, is former Arizona attorney general. By Mark Shurtleff and Terry Goddard Salt Lake Tribune Op-Ed Congress and the media have understandably focused on the missteps of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the “Fast and Furious” sting…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A major drug bust in Arizona targeted folks linked to a Mexican cartel believed to handle 65 percent of all drugs illegally transported to the United States, and resulted in the seizure of thousands of pounds of narcotics and at least 70 arrests, reports Reuters. The raids, overseen by the DEA, Arizona…
By Matthew Boyle The Daily Caller Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona told The Daily Caller on Wednesday that Obama administration officials responsible for Operation Fast and Furious might be accessories to murder. “We’re talking about consequences of criminal activity, where we actually allowed guns to walk into the hands of criminals, where our livelihoods…
