Justice Department Highlights New Immigration Strategy in Wake of Border Crisis

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department launched a two-pronged approach to addressing the surge of illegal immigration from Central America, the Washington Examiner reports. The plan aims to help Central American governments address the growing humanitarian crisis and to speed up immigration cases. The Executive Office for Immigration Review will prioritize cases involving immigrants who…

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Justice Department Criminally Charges Five Chinese Military Officials with Hacking

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has charged five Chinese military officials with cyber-espionage after allegedly hacking into American companies’ computers in an attempt to steal trade secrets. BBC reports that the army officials are accused of stealing trade secrets and internal documents from five U.S. companies and a labor union. China quickly denied the…

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Two Democrats Criticize Obama Administration for Handling of NSA Spying

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Democratic senators are accusing the Obama administration of trying to “ignore or justify” factual misrepresentations to the Supreme Court about warrantless surveillance by the National Security Agency. The New York Times reports that the senators, Mark Udall of Colorado and Ryan Wyden of Oregon, complained in a letter to Solicitor General…

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Probe: Former DHS Watchdog Tailored Reports to Linking of Senior Obama Administration Officials

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The former watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security has been placed on leave following a report that he ignored serious problems to satisfy senior Obama administration officials, the Washington Post reports. The news comes a day after the Post reported that former Inspector General Charles K. Edwards had “altered and delayed…

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Justice Department Readies for Unprecedented Campaign to Grant Clemency to Nonviolent Offenders

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration is anticipating thousands of clemency requests from federal inmates imprisoned for drug offenses. The Washington Post reports that the clemencies are part of an unprecedented campaign to create more equity in criminal sentencing by freeing some nonviolent offenders. The initiative will last two years and will involve dozens of…

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