Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has declined to open a criminal investigation into the FBI-involved shooting that left a New Orleans man dead during an undercover drug sting last summer, the Times-Picayune reports. It’s the second time an agency has opted against pursuing charges against the agent, who shot 37-year-old Allen Desdunes on July…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New evidence has emerged to indicate that Lois Lerner, the central figure in the IRS scandal, was communicating with the Justice Department about pursuing groups trying to get a tax exempt status, Fox News reports. E-mails between Lerner and the FBI raise questions about the extent to which the Obama administration was…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents were retaliated against for voicing concerns over operations at the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Fusion Center, a DOJ inspector general concluded. AllGov.com reports that OCDETF’s leadership also wasn’t cooperative. The report described the relationship between the FBI agents in the task force and the center’s leaders as “strained.”…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A key figure in the Fast & Furious gun-running operation was permitted to collect two salaries while on leave from his federal government job, the Washington Times reports. The Justice Department’s inspector general created the report after finding that three of William McMahon’s superiors with the ATF “exercised poor judgment” by allowing…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, who blew the whistle on the Fast and Furious gun investigation, said he leaked the information because he feared his superiors in Washington would unfairly blame the problems on his office, Main Justice reports. During an Arizona State Bar disciplinary proceeding on March 27, Burke said…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Transgender people are disproportionately harmed by violence – so much so that the Justice Department is training law enforcement how to handle them as crime victims. The idea is to help identify hate crimes and build more trust with law enforcement, the Associated Press reports. “It’s clear that such a training is as…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new report shows that Justice Department lawyers committed hundreds of ethics infractions ranging from recklessness to misconduct. Now a bipartisan group of senators is supporting a bill that would empower the inspector general to conduct an investigation, NPR reports. The senators want to bypass the traditional route – using the Office of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Saying too many Americans are spending an excessive amount of time behind bars for drugs, the Justice Department is expected to announce a proposal today that would reduce some sentences and relieve overcrowded prisons, Reuters reports. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to deliver the speech at 9 a.m. The change would…
