Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA has obstructed research into the medical benefits of marijuana in an attempt to keep the drug from being reclassified, according to a new report, AlJazeera reports. “The DEA impedes research by abusing its discretionary powers over the scheduling process, making it difficult to obtain marijuana for research purposes. We recommend…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI defeated an insidious computer virus using anti-hacker tactics that the bureau didn’t have a few years ago, Bloomberg reports. The cyberbattle with Gameover Zeus ended in victory last week after FBI experts reverse-engineered the virus’ communication, seized control over servers overseas and kept hackers from re-establishing contact. “This was the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just days after Martin Luther King Jr. was invited to speak at Springfield College’s commencement in 1964, the FBI tried to get the school to cancel speech, the Atlantic reports in an account detailing new questionable tactics against the civil rights icon. At the time, King had been the subject of extraordinary…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a major departure from his predecessor, new Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson is complaining that the border needs to be strengthened, the Washington Times reports. Unlike predecessor Janet Napolitano, Johnson is urging Congress to help improve border security. Napolitano took on the tone that the border was more secure than ever….
By Ethan Nadelmann Executive Director of Drug Policy Alliance For four decades, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has systematically obstructed medical research and rejected scientific evidence. It’s increasingly clear that entrusting decisions involving medical science to the DEA is akin to leaving the fox in charge of the henhouse. And what’s most striking is how…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Emad Salem was one of the FBI’s most valuable government informants. Now the 64-year-old who helped put Islamic terrorists behind bars is speaking out publicly for the first time in years and is selling his first self-published book, “Undercover,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Born in Egypt, Salem emigrated to the U.S….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com At least 17 months before he killed his children and his staff, Josh Powell was the subject of an FBI investigation in which agents found child porn, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. At the time of the deaths, the FBI was actively investigating the disappearance of Powell’s wife and the discovery of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com How much heat does the federal government pack? The Justice Department plans to find out by taking an inventory of all federal agencies whose agents carry weapons and make arrests, Newsmax reports. The Bureau of Justice Statistics will collect the data. “It’s certainly proper for every agency to have an accurate accounting…
