Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A gender discrimination lawsuit has caused a sense of unrest and turmoil at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the New York Times reports. The lawsuit, which accuses the agency of retaliation and choosing female employees over male employees, also says the agency’s chief of staff, Suzanne Barr, created a hostile, sexualized environment at…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn said Tuesday he’s optimistic the city can avoid a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit over police reforms, the Seattle Times reports. City attorney Pete Holmes said the DOJ will sue by the end of the month if an agreement on police reforms is not reached. The cause of…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Are sour grapes delaying construction of the FBI’s new $150 million regional headquarters in Chelsea, Massachusetts? Slated to begin construction late last year (never happened) bid-winning developer Emerald Corporate Center LLC, a division of ACS Development Corp. is facing a lawsuit from losing-bidder Boston Harbor Development Partners, an arm of Pappas Enterprises…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal judge in South Carolina on Thursday tossed out a lawsuit against the government by the man known as the “dirty bomber.” Jose Padilla had claimed he was tortured and denied an opportunity to practice his religion. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel ruled that Padilla, who was arrested at Chicago…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington last week tossed a lawsuit filed by DEA agent Lee Paige, who claimed the agency leaked an embarrassing video of him accidentally shooting himself with a Glock 40 while demonstrating gun safety to children in Orlando in 2004, the Associated Press reported. The video…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As federal authorities certainly know by now, 2+2 doesn’t always equal 4 in the investigative world. The FBI learned that the hard way in the case of Abdallah Higazy, 38. The FBI this week paid $250,000 to the Egyptian man who was detained after a pilot’s aviation radio was found in…
This has been a long running saga that derailed his career. Now David Tenenbaum is striking back. By DAVID N. GOODMAN Associated Press Writer DETROIT — An Orthodox Jewish Army engineer who was cleared of spying for Israel sued the U.S. Defense and Justice departments Thursday, saying they made false security claims to prevent him…
