By Rachel Leven ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors say George Jacobsen went far beyond the boundaries of freedom of speech with his MSN Internet group that focused on killing Stockton, Calif. Police officers. A federal indictment charged the former Stockton resident with creating and managing the MSN group “Ways2KillAStocktonPolice Officer” and “StocktonCityWatch”, which included postings of threatening…
With all that’s going on in this country — terrorism threats, mortgage fraud, political corruption — it’s not a bad idea for the Justice Dept. to drop this as a high priority. By Josh Gerstein Politico President Barack Obama’s Justice Department has quietly agreed to move a pornography prosecution out of socially conservative Montana to…
This certainly won’t put an end to the drug violence, but any bust that possibly involves the Mexican drug cartels is good. By Ruben Vives Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Four men were taken into federal custody this morning after a raid on a gun-trafficking ring that may be tied to a Mexican drug…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 21-year-old Texas man man who pleaded guilty in May to sending emails threatening the life of President Obama eight days before the inauguration, will get 10 months of probation under house arrest, the Associated Press reported. A Denver judge on Friday gave Timothy Ryan Gutierrez the sentence that also included…
Have we gone overboard in providing protection for society’s notables? Washington Post columnist David Ignatius suggests we have. By David Ignatius Washington Post Columnist WASHINGTON — It was an unsettling image: Arrayed in front of the neighborhood barbershop last week were four burly men with the characteristic earpieces and bulky suits that marked them as…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service relying on a psychic? That’s the claim in a new book by Ronald Kessler “In The President’s Secret Service”. The Washington Post’s Reliable Source column by Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts reports that the Secret Service once changed a motorcade route for President George H.W. Bush in 1992…
When does someone officially become a terrorist? When they train? When they talk about violence? When they’re in the planning stage of an attack? When they belong to a certain group? These are questions that continue to pop up during these type of trials. By The Associated Press Jury selection is scheduled to begin in…
Sure it seems dangerous for a bank teller to track down a bank robber. But it also seems unfair to fire someone for doing that. If banks are so obsessed with sound policy, why did they get involved in so many reckless home loans and sub-prime mortgages? By Jennifer Sullivan Seattle Times SEATTLE — Jim…
