Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ATF and the DEA don’t track how often informants are given authority to commit a crime, the USA Today reports. While the Justice Department imposes stringent limits on when and how informants for various federal agencies are allowed to break the law on the government’s behalf, an open-records request reveals that neither…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Americans who have trouble getting prescriptions from doctors for narcotic medications often find no problem accessing the drugs from illicit online sites. It will be more difficulty under a crackdown led by ICE and the Department of Justice, which have seized 686 websites accused of selling fake or illegal drug over the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department plans to use a never-opened state prison in Illinois and turn it into a federal facility, the Chicago Tribune reports. Under President Obama’s direction and over the objections of an influential Republican congressman, the Justice Department purchased the prison for $165 million. The sale is a relief to the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and DEA have stepped in to help investigate weapons cases after federal prosecutors in Nevada stopped working with the ATF, the Reno Gazette-Journal reports. But the newspaper said neither agency is probing firearm sales or trafficking cases, leaving the state with little protection. Gun data obtained by the Gazette-Journal shows…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The rise of investment fraud cases in the sluggish economy has prompted the Justice Department to begin holding summits to warn investors of scams, the Associated Press reports. The first conference is scheduled for Oct. 1 in Connecticut, followed by summits later in the month in Miami, Denver, San Francisco, Cleveland and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Justice Department does not plan to pursue charges against U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan following an 11-month investigation, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports. Buchanan’s attorneys said Tuesday that the Justice Department notified him that it’s ending the investigation into the whether Buchanan pressured a former business partner to sign a false affidavit…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Office of Inspector General said the Justice Department misreported terrorism statistics to Congress, the Associated Press reports. The report, released Thursday, shows the Justice Department charged 544 people with terrorism-related crimes in the six years since the Sept. 11, attacks, not 512, as reported by the Justice Department, according to the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department inspector general expects to issue the long-anticipated report on the ATF gun-running operation known as Fast and Furious by next Tuesday morning, CNN reports. DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz is to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Tuesday morning, following the report’s release. Attorney…
