Obama Administration to Crack Down on Cities That Provide Sanctuary to Illegal Immigrants
The Obama administration plans to target sanctuary cities that actively thwart federal efforts to deport illegal immigrants.
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House Committee Calls for Investigation of Secret Service Leak
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A House committee wants the Obama administration to investigate Secret Service employees who circulated personnel information that showed the panel’s chairman was denied a job as an agent, The Washington Post reports. The committee that oversees the Secret Service discovered last week that unflattering information about Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, was…
Obama Administration Plans to Nominate Sally Quillian Yates As Deputy AG
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Sally Quillian Yates, a U.S. attorney from Georgia, is expected to be the Obama administration’s choice for deputy attorney general, the Washington Post reports, citing U.S. officials. The deputy attorney general position is the second-highest-ranking post in the Justice Department and is in charge of day-to-day operations. When Yates became the…
Inspector General: Obama Administration Not Notified of Massive Release of Immigrants
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than 2,000 immigrants were released from jail because of budget concerns, but the Homeland Security secretary was never notified, according to a critical report from the inspector general. The Associated Press reports that ICE also poorly planned for the influx of immigrant arrests at the Mexico border and failed to accurately…
ATF Handles Far Fewer Cases Because of Policy Change Under President Obama
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of ATF cases recommended for prosecution dropped by a third since 2004, according to data compiled by Syracuse University, the Washington Times reports. Federal investigators and gun law experts said the decline is attributed to a policy change in the Obama administration, which has changed its focus to regulatory-type cases….
Republican Congressman Accuses Obama Administration of ‘Nixonian’ Attempt to Control DEA Chief
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart has come under fire recently for being out of sync with the Obama administration over drug policies and sentencing requirements. Now Rep. Frank Wolf, a Virginia Republican, is coming to Leonhart’s defense, saying the Obama administration should butt out following news that Attorney General Eric Holder spoke with…
Justice Department Readies for Unprecedented Campaign to Grant Clemency to Nonviolent Offenders
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration is anticipating thousands of clemency requests from federal inmates imprisoned for drug offenses. The Washington Post reports that the clemencies are part of an unprecedented campaign to create more equity in criminal sentencing by freeing some nonviolent offenders. The initiative will last two years and will involve dozens of…
Ex-FBI Agent Sentenced to 3+ Years for Leaking Intelligence to AP
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent who leaked information to the Associated Press was sentenced Thursday to about three-and-a-half years in prison for possessing and disclosing secret information, the AP reports. Donald Sachteren, 55, was accused of disclosing intelligence about the U.S. operation in Yemen in 2012. The discovery prompted feds to seize phone…