Bush to FBI Director Mueller Right After Sept. 11; What is the FBI Doing to Prevent the Next Attack?

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In a speech  Friday in Washington before the National Symposium for United States Court of Appeals Judges, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III shared a very interesting exchange he had with President Bush right after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. “A few days after the attacks, I was briefing President Bush…

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National Fraternal Order of Police Back Atty. Gen. Eric Holder

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr., whose likely to get a grilling from Republicans over ATF’s Operation Fast Furious when he appears Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, got some welcome backing on Thursday. Politico reports that the National Fraternal Order of Police, the country’s largest group of sworn law enforcement officers,…

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Identity of Informant in Viktor Bout Case Revealed; He Had a Long, Lucrative Career and Made $9 Million-Plus

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com After earning more than $9 million over the course of 15 years as one of the government’s highest paid informants in history, Carlos Sagastume unveiled his identity at the New York  trial of international arms dealer Viktor Bout, reports the Associated Press. Bout’s month-long trial ended in a Manhattan federal court…

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ATF, ICE, Local Police Bust $20M Tobacco Op

Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Got a smoke? The ATF closed a three-year joint investigation by the US Attorney’s office for the Western District of Virginia and District of South Carolina, the ATF, the IRS, ICE and the Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Department with multiple arrests in a scheme to move and tobacco illegally between Virginia and South…

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Grassley Fires Off Letter to Homeland Sec. Napolitano: Concerned About Reduced Searches for Illegals on Northern Border

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A letter from Senator Charles Grassley representing a group of 14 Senators is asking  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to reconsider a policy to end routine traffic checks of buses, trains and other vehicles for illegal aliens along the United State’s northern border. “News of the lessened security will only entice…

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