Fed Agents Go After Suspected Mexican Cartel Members in U.S. in Response to Murder of ICE Agent

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal agents have been conducting raids in U.S. cities and targeting Mexican cartel members in response to last week’s murder of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata in Mexico, the Associated Press reported. Another ICE agent Victor Avila Jr. was shot and wounded. “We are taking a stand and…

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Saudi Student in Texas Arrested in Bomb Plot; Had Dallas Address of Pres. Bush

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 20-year-old Saudi student living in Lubbock, Tex., who allegedly considered  targeting Americans including President George W. Bush and soldiers formerly stationed at Abu Ghraib, was arrested late Wednesday on terrorism-related charges. The Justice Department charged Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in connection with…

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U.S. Atty. Fitzgerald Called Rahm Emanuel in 2008 the Day Gov. Blago Was Arrested

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s nice to get a courtesy call from time to time. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that’s just what Rahm Emanuel got from Chicago’s U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald the morning that Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested in Dec. 9, 2008. Emanuel had been selected as President-elect Obama’s chief of staff. Sun-Times…

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Fed Case Clearly Connects the Dots Between Baltimore and Mexico’s Cartels

By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — Ronald Eugene Brown was a natural target for Baltimore narcotics investigators. The 6-foot-6-inch, 240-pound man, nicknamed “Truck,” had already served many years in prison for 1990s drug-dealing and robbery convictions, and his rehabilitation after getting out was, well, dubious. The 44-year-old had lost his low-paying job as…

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