Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While new spread across the U.S. that three Secret Service agents were sent home from Amsterdam after one of them was found passed out drunk in a hallway. But the Washington Post reports that hard-partying Amsterdam residents barely registered the news. The newspapers weren’t interested either. “These are young guys. It happens,”…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is searching prisoners who may qualify for clemency. NPR reports that Deputy Attorney General James Cole met Tuesday with defense attorneys and interest groups to help identify inmates with clean records, long sentences for low-level crimes and no significant history with gangs or violence. The speech is a strong…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and Justice Department have been losing employees and not replacing them because of budget cuts. But the Wall Street Journal reports that President Obama’s budget deal in late December would end the hiring freeze and fill positions again. The FBI plans to hire about 1,000 people. The Justice Department will…
By The Washington Times Editorial Page Jeh C. Johnson, only recently confirmed as chief of the Department of Homeland Security, is off to an inglorious start. As our own Jim McElhatton and Kelly Riddell reported Monday, Mr. Johnson’s own right-hand man, Christian Marrone, was previously the right-hand man of a Philadelphia politician with a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A disproportionate number of low-level drug criminals who are behind bars are African Americans sentenced under strict laws from the days of the crack epidemic. Hoping to correct that disparity, the Justice Department is encouraging defense lawyers to help identify inmates for clemency, the New York Times reports. Penalties for drug offenses…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Florida Republican discovered a quick way to get a visit from the Secret Service. The Daily Caller reports that an African American candidate for state assembly tweeted Tuesday that he believes President Obama should be arrested and hanged. But the candidate, Joshua Black, didn’t stop there. He posted this on Facebook:…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s choice for inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security appears poised for a relatively quick nomination with bipartisan support, the Washington Post reports. John Roth, who has led the Food and Drug Administration’s criminal investigations division for the past year, is hoping to replace former acting head Charles…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A child who grew up as an actor on Sesame Street in the 1970s was tapped by President Obama for a high-ranking Justice Department position, the USA Today reports. Obama nominated Debo P. Adegbile to be the new assistant attorney general for civil rights. If confirmed by the Senate, Adegbile will fill…
