Locals Won’t Charge FBI Agent in Connection With Fatal New Orleans Shooting

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent who fatally shot a suspect during a sting operation won’t face state charges from the locals, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro said this weekend that local prosecutors don’t have jurisdiction over the agent. “When a federal agent is acting in the course and…

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Appeals Court: FBI Does Not Have to Release Memo Granting Permission to Gather Phone Records

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A confidential Justice Department legal opinion on the extent of the FBI’s surveillance authority does not have to be released to the public, a federal appeals court ruled, the Washington Post reports. The January 2010 memo gave the FBI permission to gather phone call records from telecommunications companies. The U.S. Court of…

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Napolitano Sharply Opposed Clemency for NSA Leaker Edward Snowden, Saying He Hurt U.S.

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If NSA leaker Edward Snowden hopes to get clemency, it won’t be from Janet Napolitano, CNN reports. The Homeland Security secretary said on “Meet the Press” Sunday that Snowden caused significant damage to U.S. intelligence-gathering. Snowden is charged with three counts of violating the Espionage Act. OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST Dallas County…

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