By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Secrecy surrounds a probe involving an illegal immigrant who killed a Virginia nun in a drunk driving incident. The Washington Post reports that the Department of Homeland Security won’t release findings of a probe into the matter and why the immigrant went nearly two years without a deportation hearing…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The feds are saying there’s no indication of any specific terrorist threat to the U.S. or its citizens as there is in Europe, the Associated Press reported. The FBI and Homeland Security Department in an intelligence bulletin said there is nothing out there to indicate there’s a planned attack…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Boston federal judge on Friday sharply criticized the U.S. Attorney’s office for bringing charges against a Homeland Security official, saying prosecutors overreached and crushed her for what he saw as a minor offense, the Boston Globe reported. U.S. District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock postponed sentencing while he considers a defense…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s no surprise considering the frequency of attempted terrorist attacks within the U.S. in the past year. CNN reports that an unclassified Department of Homeland Security memo dated May 21 to law enforcement says “the number and pace of attempted attacks against the United States over the past nine…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Lone Star state’s air space is about to get a little more activity. Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, testified at a Senate hearing Tuesday that an unarmed reconnaissance drone plane will fly over Texas to bolster security at a time when the drug violence along the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is the latest to weigh in on Arizona’s new immigration law, saying he’s uncomfortable with it. Ridge told the Associated Press that he’s concerned that the law allows police to question people without probable cause. But he criticized both Democrats and Republicans for failing to…
Taking over an agency that is still a work in progress isn’t easy. But apparently she’s getting high marks within the Administration. Her name also pops up as a candidate for the Supreme Court or for Attorney General should Eric Holder ever leave. By Anne E. Kornblut The Washington Post BARCELONA — Janet Napolitano stood…
