By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is routinely denying federal investigators timely access to documents for audits and reviews, the Justice’s Inspector General Michael Horowitz complained to members of Congress on Tuesday. The Associated Press reports that the FBI’s failure to cooperate has caused delays in investigations, so much so that Attorney General Eric Holder…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama pledged to run a transparent administration that respects public access to records. But an internal audit of the Justice Department recently found excessive secrecy, according to Slate. The audit found “persistent misunderstanding and lack of knowledge of certain classification processes.” For example, a review of documents found that information was…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has been using drones domestically since 2006, longer than previously known, the Los Angeles Times reports. The findings come from the inspector general’s audit of drones, which found that the FBI flew unmanned planes weighing less than 55 pounds to track suspects and examine crime scenes. The FBI declined to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department grossly overstated the number of terrorism convictions and made other inaccuracies because of shoddy record keeping, a federal audit has found, the Washington Post reports. Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz concluded in a report that the federal agency, which has 93 U.S. attorneys’ offices, over-reported the number…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has come under fire for questionable purchases using taxpayer dollars, WSB-TV 2 reports. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee found the department spent $600,000 on event planners to organize five Justice Department conferences, the news station found. Another $10,000 in federal police grants was spent on a pizza party. The…
