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Justice Department Rejects Claims That Obama Administration Policies Led to Botched Drug-Running Case

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department on Tuesday dismissed allegations from Republican lawmakers who claimed the Obama administration’s strategy for cracking down on gun-smuggling led to the botched Operation Fast and Furious, the Associated Press reports. Republicans allege the administration shifted its focus from seizing firearms from Mexican drug cartels to identifying gun traffickers. The…

All in the Family? Justice Department Employees Accused of Nepotism

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is mulling over what to do with eight employees who tried to get their children or other relatives hired by the agency, the Washington Post reports, citing a study released Thursday by the department’s inspector general. Officials accused of the nepotism violations are career employees, not politicians, and include…

Justice Department Combats Cyber Espionage

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is training hundreds of prosecutors to combat cyber espionage because of a growing threat to national security, senior department officials told the Washington Post. Saying cyber espionage is rapidly on the rise, the Justice Department has begun preparing about 400 lawyers nationwide to prosecute threats to national security. “We…

New Orleans Police Reach Far-Reaching Deal with Justice Department

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The New Orleans Police Department reached a landmark deal with the U.S. Department of Justice to overhaul the city’s scandal-plagued police force, the New York Times reports. The aim of the 122-page consent decree is to improve safety in the city and end corruption and abuse. “Effective policing and constitutional policing go…

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Some Inmates Would Be Released Early Under Justice Department Plan

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is endorsing a plan that would speed up the release dates for well-behaved prisoners in a plan aimed at saving on detention costs, NPR reports. Strapped for cash, the Justice Department is looking for ways to handle the overcrowded federal prison system that handles 218,000 inmates. Under the plan,…

Justice Department Threatens to Sue Seattle Police Over Reforms

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn said Tuesday he’s optimistic the city can avoid a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit over police reforms, the Seattle Times reports. City attorney Pete Holmes said the DOJ will sue by the end of the month if an agreement on police reforms is not reached. The cause of…

FBI, Justice Department Reviewing Potentially Flawed Forensic Evidence

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and Justice Department are launching an unprecedented review of forensic evidence in thousands of criminal cases to ensure no one was wrongly convicted since at least 1985, the Washington Post reports. The sweeping review includes rape, murder and robbery cases conducted by all FBI Laboratory hair and fiber examiners, people…

Justice Department to Protect Against Leaks of Economic Data

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Worried about the impact on leaked, sensitive economic date, the FBI helped convince the U.S. Labor Department to tighten control of the information, Reuters reports. A Labor Department study suggests some financial institutions had access to the agency’s press room before the economic reports were made public. The information is important because…