Not a good idea to break the law, particularly when you’re an FBI agent. Not only do you get jammed up in the legal system, but it becomes fodder for news organizations. And oh yes, there’s always a good chance you’re going to lose your job. By Adriana M. Chávez El Paso Times EL PASO,…
There’s not much that can be said about the ugliness of hate crimes. It’s one thing to spout ignorant, hateful words, but it’s another thing when it results in death. By David Kelly Los Angeles Times YERMO, Calif. — Hadie Mohd last saw his father as he headed out to the family’s vacated home to…
The mob drama continued to unfold in a Boston courtroom like a classic Soprano TV episode. Some families are suing the government, saying it should have done something to stop some mobsters/FBI informants from killing. By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe BOSTON — Notorious gangster Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi testified yesterday that when he started spending…
It’s bad policy to send workers on dangerous assignments against their will and threaten them if they don’t want to go. The DEA needs to offer incentives, not punishment. There’s no better way to kill morale. By Marisa Taylor McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration has removed an agent from his pilot duties…
It never made sense that airport screeners didn’t have the right to collective bargaining. This should right that wrong. By Joe Davidson The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Charity Wilson didn’t go looking for a fight when she went to the Cannon House Office Building yesterday, but she was ready in case one broke out. Wilson,…
FBI Agent knocked off a dog similar to the famous Taco Bell dog By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Texas FBI agent Lovett Leslie Ledger, who fatally shot his neighbor’s 3 pound Chihuahua named Sassy with a pellet gun, remains on the job, but faces an internal administrative investigation, the San Antonio FBI office said Thursday. “His…
Nearly six years ago Baltimore federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna was found face down in a creek with multiple stab wounds in Lancaster Co., Pa. Some think it was a suicide. Others say it was murder. Some say the investigation is active. Others say it’s not. Reporter Jeffrey Anderson looks into the matter.
So far, this hasn’t gotten out of hand like in some countries like Colombia where judges have to leave the country and go in hiding. But authorities need to be vigilante and aggressive when dealing with this. By Robert Anglen The Arizona Republic A prison informer gave up details of a planned hit in April:…
