By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA is under examination for its handling of informant payments. The Department of Justice’s Inspector General probe comes as the DEA spends more money on informants. The DEA spent $33 million last year on informants but has done a poor job in the past tracking the money, wrote The Pittsburgh…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The head of the DEA has come under fire over lax punishments for DEA agents accused of participating in “sex parties” with prostitutes in Columbia, The Huffington Post reports. In fact, some of the accused agents received promotions. No one was fired. Allegations of a sex party emerged last month following…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The second in command at Homeland Security is accused of intervening in cases that involve connections to political insiders “in unprecedented ways,” acceding to a report by the department’s watchdog. The Office of Inspector General report said Alejandro Mayorkas created an “appearance of favoritism” while head of the U.S. Citizenship and…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Warren Lewis, the executive officer at Interpol’s Washington D.C. office, is accused of exploiting his authority to get a job for his son and other relatives and acquaintances, Fox News reports. The Justice Department’s Inspector General’s Office revealed the findings in a reported released Wednesday. Other high-ranking officials are accused of…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The problems with Justice Department employees getting drunk and acting out 20 years ago have not been sufficiently addressed and are failing to curtail boisterous off-duty conduct, the Inspector General found. The Washington Times reports that the department never followed through on recommendations from as far back as 1996 to adequately…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Drones have long been criticized by privacy advocates as an overreach of law enforcement. Turns out, they’re also wildly expensive to operate, according to a report by the Inspector General, The Washington Post writes. CBP spent at least $62.5 million on drones – or about $12,255 per (flight) mile. That is five…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A watchdog report has sharply criticized the Secret Service for refusing to disclose mandatory data on its computer security systems to Homeland Security, making it difficult to measure the department’s security practices, the Hill reports. The report by the DHS Office of Inspector General condemned the Secret Service, saying its…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three top officials in the Justice Department played a role in getting their relatives paid paid internships, the New York Daily News reports. Executive Office for Immigration Review Director Juan Osuna, Board of Immigration Appeals Chairman David Neal and Chief Immigration Judge Brian O’Leary each helped relatives get the jobs, according…
