Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly a year after protesters barged into the U.S. consulate in Benghazi , Libya, and killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, the Justice Department filed the first criminal charges in the case, the Washington Post reports. According to numerous reports, the Justice Department filed an unspecified number of counts…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Allison Leotta, a Detroit native living in the D.C. area, likes to send her parents in Michigan a draft of her new novels — minus the chapters with the steamy sex scenes. “I take out those chapters,” says Leotta, a Michigan State University graduate. But her mother, Diane…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Facing mounting pressure to explain how the Boston Marathon bombers eluded suspicion, the FBI concluded Thursday that there was nothing the agency could do to prevent the attacks, the New York Times reports. The FBI conducted server internal reviews of the bureau’s handling of Russian intelligence that warned the U.S. about one…
By JOSH GERSTEIN Politico WASHINGTON — FBI Director Bob Mueller was saluted by top Justice Department officials and other colleagues Thursday as he prepares to give up the leadership of the premier federal law enforcement agency — an organization he took over just a week before the Sept. 11 attacks. “This is a moment we’ve…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When DEA agents raided a house in San Diego and found ecstasy pills in April 2012, they placed Daniel Chong in a DEA holding cell. What happened next cost the Justice Department $4.2 million in a lawsuit settlement that is expected to be announced today, the Associated Press reports. The 23-year-old, who…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested more than 150 men over the past few days as part of a nationwide crackdown on child prostitution, the New York Times reports. The men are accused of forcing more than 100 teenage girls – some as young as 13 – into prostitution. The arrests are part of a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former high-ranking Justice Department official accused some in the agency of using their positions to advocate race over law, the Washington Times reports. Ondray T. Harris, former director of the agency’s Community Relations Service, said he often delivered warnings to employees for advocating racial issues because of perceived biases. One…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Sanford Police won’t return to George Zimmerman his gun and other evidence used at his murder trial after the FBI urged against giving back the weapon, The Orlando Sentinel reports. It’s a sign that the Justice Department is moving forward with an investigation into whether Zimmerman violated the civil rights of…
