Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Homeland Security supervisor who has been suspended pleaded guilty Monday to possession of child pornography in U.S. District Court in Buffalo, The Buffalo News reports. Steven Metz, 41, faces up to 10 years in prison after he was busted with more than 600 images and videos of child porn on his…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly is interested in the top post at Homeland Security, he’s not saying anything about it, CBS New York reports. Kelly is believed to be on President Obama’s short list to replace Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. “I think Ray Kelly is one of the best there is,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s nomination for second in command at the Department of Homeland Security fended off allegations Thursday that he helped Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s brother get a special visa for foreign investors, The Los Angeles Times reports. The nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas is important because he could become the temporary…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s nominee for the No. 2 job at Homeland Security is under investigation following allegations that he obtained a special visa after the initial application was denied by the U.S., the Associated Press reports. The department’s inspector general warned Congress in an email that Alejandro Mayorkas is under investigation for allegedly…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The acting inspector general of Homeland Security is accused of mismanagement and nepotism, the New York Post reports. Documents obtained by the Post show that Charles Edwards took at least four jaunts on the taxpayers’ dime and employed his wife. Never mind that Edwards’ job is to protect the agency from violating…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama soon will have to replace Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano after she announced Friday that she’s resigning to head the University of California system, the Washington Post reports. Napolitano plans to resign in September, which gives Obama a little more than a month to find a replacement. The White…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Janet Napolitano, who had been a steady hand in the Obama administration for more than four years, announced Friday she was stepping down as head of the Department of Homeland Security to take a job as president of the University of California system. “For more than four years I have had…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While many federal agencies are getting the budget ax, the House of Representatives on Thursday approved a nearly $1 billion increase in the Department of Homeland Security’s $39 billion budget, Reuters reports. The Republican-controlled chamber voted predominately along party lines, 245-182. But the budget plan faces a possible veto from President Obama…
