By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Over the past week, federal prosecutors filed four asset forfeiture lawsuits against buildings housing “marijuana stores” in Los Angeles and Orange counties, the Department of Justice announced in a statement on Wednesday. The owners of the buildings and operators of the stores have been sent warning letters as well. The charges…
Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Charges of anti-Muslim teachings have spread beyond FBI training sessions, reports Wired.com. The tech magazine’s national security blog Danger Room has obtained a power point presentation made by an intelligence analyst working for the U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Pennsylvania warning of a “civilizational jihad” waged in the U.S. by…
By Matt Castello ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A report released Tuesday showed that 1,997 civil rights complaints were filed against Justice Department employees during the first six months of 2010, but only one was investigated by the Inspector General’s Office. The report issued by the Justice Department’s Inspector General said 1,815 of the complaints “did not…
By AllGov Dawn E. Johnsen is an outspoken critic of the Bush administration’s use of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)-a key part of the Department of Justice that she once led on an interim basis during the Clinton presidency and has been asked to lead again. During her previous tenure at OLC, she advocated…
