Justice Department Squanders $100 Million on Faulty Grants to Organizations

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department wasted as much as $100 million by issuing grants to duplicate organizations or to programs that didn’t follow through on promises, the Washington Post reports, citing an inspector general report. “There is virtually no visibility on how grant funds are actually used by the recipients,” said Michael Horowitz, the…

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FBI’s Mueller Rattles Off Some Pretty Grim Statistics About the Battle Against the Mexican Drug Cartels

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com While telling Congress of the FBI’s efforts to battle the Mexican drug cartels, FBI director Robert S. Mueller III rattled off some pretty grim statistics. Appearing Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, Mueller said: Between $18 billion and $39 billion flows annually from the United States across the Southwest border to…

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