Open Letter to DEA Chief: It’s Not Time to Resign – Yet – of Marijuana Remarks
When I heard you say recently that you thought medical marijuana was a “joke,” I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
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Pressure Mounts for Resignation of DEA Chief After Comments About Marijuana
The pressure is mounting for President Obama to fire the head of the DEA after his remarks dismissing medical marijuana as a “joke.”
Proponents of Medical, Recreational Marijuana Celebrate DEA Head’s Resignation
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The resignation of DEA Director Michele Leonhart is a big victory for proponents of medical and even recreational marijuana. Leonhart was steadfastly – some say stubbornly – opposed to pot use and even ignored President Obama’s assertion that federal agencies should respect the marijuana laws of each state. “The real reason we’re…
DEA Chief Resigns Following ‘Sex Parties’ Investigation, Lax Discipline
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DEA Director Michele Leonhart, who has come under sharp criticism over agents’ misconduct, has announced her retirement. Attorney General Eric Holder said Leonhart, who served as the agency’s top administrator since 2010, told him of her plans Tuesday, The USA Today reports. She was the first women to serve as director….
Ferguson City Manager Resigns Following Scathing Justice Department Report
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ferguson City Manager John Shaw announced Tuesday that he was resigning after a scathing Justice Department report that criticized him and other Ferguson officials for a culture of discrimination, The Washington Post reports. The city called the resignation a “mutual separation agreement” Shaw is the second person to resign following the…
Second-in-Command Ousted at Secret Service Days Before House Testimony
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just months after Secret Service Director Julia Pierson was forced out of her job, the second-ranking official was stepping down, the Secret Service said Monday. The Washington Post reports that Deputy Director Alvin “A.T.” Smith was ousted just three days before he was to testify during a House oversight committee about…
Union Recommends Terrance Gainer As Next Head of Embattled Secret Service
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Who should replace the leader at the embattled Secret Service? In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, the nation’s largest police union is recommending former Senate Sergeant-at-Arms and U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer, the USA Today reports. The recommendation follows the resignation of Julia Pierson, the agency’s first…
Resignation of Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Won’t Fix Troubled Agency
By Boston Globe Editorial Board For the federal agency tasked with protecting the president, it’s embarrassing enough that a man could scale the White House fence and make it well into the executive mansion before being apprehended. But the Secret Service’s defensive response to the incident, including withholding key information about the breach, is a…