If you ask, corporate criminal defense attorneys will tell you — as they have told me — the one thing their corporate clients want to avoid when facing off against the federal government is an admission of wrongdoing — to have to plead guilty to the crimes they have committed.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents said the federal government is making it impossible to make drug busts, a move that has contributed to a “morale crisis,” the Los Angeles Times reports. “We lack the political will to enforce the law and allow our agency to be effective,” said National Border Patrol Council spokesman…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A massive data breach that targeted Homeland Security may have compromised the security of nearly 400,000 former and current employees, contractors and job applicants. The Associated Press reports that the computer hack was discovered in September but many employees weren’t made available until April 27. This is a separate hack than…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Once again, the Homeland Security Department is the most miserable place to work in the federal government The Washington Post reports that the department ranked last in overall employee satisfaction and commitment. The score among employees reached historic lows for the annual Best Places to Work in the Federal Government. DHS…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The full-body scanners that revealed nude images to the TSA at airports now have a new home. Time reports that most of the 171 scanners have ended up in jails nationwide. Privacy advocates blasted the scanners, saying they were too revealing. The federal government let go of the scanners for much less…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Medical marijuana cardholders in New Mexico are running into trouble in New Mexico courtesy of the Border Patrol. The Albuquerque Journal reports that patients are afraid to travel in the state because of Border Patrol checkpoints and crackdowns of marijuana, which is still illegal nationally. The crackdown comes as the Justice Department,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Opening an investigation into the costly price tag for housing for Border Patrol agents in Arizona, the Homeland Security Department has sent inspectors to the former mining town, the Arizona Republic reports. The $15 million housing project caused an uproar among residents, who say the federal government spent far too much money…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Budget cuts in 2014 could mean fewer FBI agents and other reductions to federal law enforcement agencies, CNN reports. “What we’re going to see is really tough decisions, really cutting into the bone of programs,” said Scott Klinger, director of revenue and spending policies at the Center for Effective Government, a budget…
