Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Charged with Federal Crimes at Hospital Bed

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors charged Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at his hospital bed Monday, Reuters reports. The criminal complaint charges mean Tsarnaev won’t be treated as an enemy combatant. “We will prosecute this terrorist through our civilian system of justice,”  White House spokesman Jay Carney said. “Under U.S. law, United States citizens cannot…

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IG Says Justice Department Underreported Terrorism Statistics

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The Office of Inspector General said the Justice Department misreported terrorism statistics to Congress, the Associated Press reports. The report, released Thursday, shows the Justice Department charged 544 people with terrorism-related crimes in the six years since the Sept. 11, attacks, not 512, as reported by the Justice Department, according to the…

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FBI Director Mueller Says Special Interrogation Group Used More Than a Dozen Times in Past 2 Years

By CNN WASHINGTON — A special group set up to interrogate captured terror suspects has been mobilized more than a dozen times in the past two years, FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday. “It’s been effective,” Mueller told a House appropriations subcommittee when asked about the use of the so-called High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, known…

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