By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration has thrown around gobbs of cash for airport security since Sept. 11, but lawmakers, auditors and national security experts are questioning the wisdom behind some purchases, according to the Washington Post. Reporter Dana Hedgpeth reports that TSA spent about $30 million alone just on devices…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Calling the results “encouraging”, the FBI on Monday released preliminary crime stats for the first six months of 2010, saying violent crime nationwide dropped 6.2 percent compared to last year. It also reported that property crimes dipped 2.8 percent. The report explained that violent crimes included murder, forcible rape,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As if we need to hear more scary stuff on the terrorism front, here’s the latest. The Guardian newspaper in London reports that a senior Yemen government official warned US diplomats shortly after the “underwear” bomber incident last Christmas in Detroit that the country’s main store of radioactive products was poorly…
By TRESA BALDAS Free Press Staff Writer DETROIT — A man suspected of trying to blow up a plane with a bomb in his underwear. A former mayor accused of turning city hall into a mob-like racket. And a man facing the death penalty. Pretty hairy for her first year on the job. But U.S….
By Ronald Kessler Newsmax WASHINGTON — We are used to liberals trying to take away the tools FBI agents need to uncover terrorist plots. But when conservatives — who generally support strong national security — do the same thing, it is particularly dismaying. Fox News commentator Andrew Napolitano and a few other conservatives have been…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Thousands of federal law enforcement agents work their tails off to put crooks behind bars. But on occasion, some of the very same folks who carry a gun and a badge and slap the cuffs on the bad guys end up stepping over the line. Way over the line….
ticklethewire.com photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Before a packed crowd at headquarters, Robert S. Mueller III on Friday delivered his final speech at the big office Christmas party as director. Mueller kept it light and sprinkled some humor into his brief speech which included wishing everyone a Happy Holiday. The crowd included agents,…
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