Ken Melson and Dennis Burke/atf photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — ATF is creating seven new anti-gunrunner groups around the country to try and cut the flow of illegal firearms to Mexico. In announcing the new move, ATF said it was placing the groups “along traditional and newly-discovered firearms trafficking routes and hubs” in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Slowly but surely, U.S. Attorneys are being confirmed. On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed six more including Daniel Bogden, the Nevada U.S. Attorney who was fired in 2006 during the controversial purge of U.S. Attorneys who didn’t fall in line with the Bush administration’s mindset. Other U.S. Attorneys confirmed included…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Four U.S. Attorney nominees moved one giant step closer Thursday to final confirmation by the Senate. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted the nominees out of committee by a voice vote. The U.S. Attorney nominees included: Peter F. Neronha of Rhode Island; Daniel G. Bogden of Nevada, who had been…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Diane Humetewa, the nation’s first female Native American U.S. Attorney, will step down Aug. 2, the Phoenix Business Journal reported. The move comes as no surprise since Dennis Burke has already been tapped as her replacement. Humetewa, a member of the Hopi Indian Tribe, began serving in December 2007. At the…
