DEA Has Seized More Than $203M in Cash at Airports, But Rarely Makes Arrests
The DEA has seized more than $203 million in cash at 15 major airports as part of an effort to stop narcotics traffickers between 2005 and mid-2015.
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FBI Informant Paid $40,000+ to Help in Terrorism Conspiracy Case
An informant who provided key information implicating friends in a terrorism conspiracy case was paid more than $40,000 by the FBI.
Hollywood Props Get So Realistic That Secret Service Complains
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Hollywood props are becoming so realistic-looking that the Secret Service has become alarmed. Bloomberg reports in a video newscast, which you can see by clicking here, that one of the largest prop makers in Hollywood, Independent Studios, has received complaints from the Secret Service because the props, like cash, guns and…
Albuquerque Journal: DEA’s Cash Seizure Needs Outside Investigation
By Editorial Board Albuquerque Journal A friendly “meet and greet” with a DEA agent in Albuquerque could result in what looks a lot like highway robbery – if the agent doesn’t like what you have to say or how you say it. If you refuse to consent to a search of your luggage, well, there’s…
Adviser: President Obama Would Block 2015 Homeland Security Spending if Amnesty Order Cut
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama said he won’t hesitate to block 2015 funding for Homeland Security if Republicans try to tinker with his executive amnesty along the border, The Huffington Post reports. Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer said the president would “absolutely not” sign a 2015 spending bill if there are limits on the amnesty…
Mexican Drug Lord Who Killed DEA Agent Accused of Stashing Billions of Dollars in Secret Overseas Accounts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who ordered the kidnapping, torture and killing of DEA agent Enrique Camarena in 1985, has stashed billion of dollars in secret overseas accounts, an ex-DEA agent claims. “Caro Quintero had billions of dollars stashed in secret bank accounts in Luxembourg and in Switzerland,” former DEA agent…
Ex-Rep. William Jefferson of Money-in-the-Freezer Fame Wants Supreme Court To Hear His Case
By Bruce Alpert New Orleans Times-Picayune WASHINGTON — in what is likely the last chance to overturn his 13-year prison sentence for public corruption, former Rep. William Jefferson is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to schedule arguments on whether the trial judge gave an overly expansive definition of a congressman’s duties. The question is central,…
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