Could Dept. of Homeland Security Be Buying $300 Mil in Worthless Radiation Detectors?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s a case where the intent may be good, but the execution could be costly and worthless. According to the The Washington Post, an unreleased Government Accountability Office report shows that the Department of Homeland Security plans to spend more than $300 million over the next four years on radiation-detection equipment…
Families of Whitey Bulger’s Victims Speak Out
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Michigan Prof Sues FBI and CIA; Claims Bush White House Tried to Smear Reputation
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com University of Michigan History Professor Juan Cole wants to take a peak at CIA and FBI files — and for pretty good reason. Last month, according to the New York Times, former CIA official Glenn Carle said the Bush White House wanted to smear Cole’s reputation and discredit him because he…
Republicans Want More Documents in ATF’s Fast and Furious: Think Scandal Reaches in Highest Levels of Justice Dept.
By Richard A. Serrano Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Believing that the Operation Fast and Furious scandal reaches into the highest levels of the Justice Department, congressional Republicans asked the attorney general’s office to turn over a sweeping trove of emails, documents and other material to determine Washington’s role in the “reckless” operation that allowed…
Fed Grand Jury Looking at CIA Agent Linked to Abu Ghraib
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal grand jury in Virginia has been looking at a CIA officer who oversaw the agency’s interrogation program at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the Associated Press reported. AP reported that Steve Stormoen, who is now retired, pushed for increasingly harsh tactics. AP reported that he supervised an unofficial…
People Keep Sending Fake Anthrax Letters; Man Pleads Guilty in Ala.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Not since the Fall of 2001 has anyone sent real anthrax through the mail. After the 2001 attacks, the Postal Service set up a system that is supposed to detect dangerous biological agents like anthrax that come through the mail processing centers. That being said, there are folks like Clifton Lamar…
Report on Airport Security Breach is Cause for Heartburn
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The stats for our nation’s airport should be cause for major heartburn. USA Today reports that more than 25,000 security breaches — an average of about seven per day — have occurred at U.S. airports since November 2001. Citing newly released Department of Homeland Security documents, USA Today reported that more…