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ACLU and Muslims Sue FBI For Spying at Calif. Mosque
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The ACLU and a Muslim group filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court against the FBI and seven of its agents, alleging that a paid bureau informant violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of Muslims when he infiltrated a California mosque and indiscriminately conducted surveillance, the Washington Post reported….
U.S. Marshals Prison Transport Plane Returns to OK Airport Because of Smoke
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A U.S. Marshals Service prisoner transport plane taking off from Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport Tuesday morning and headed to various stops, had to return to Oklahoma after experiencing problems, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Airport spokeswoman Karen Carney told the Oklahoman that the MD-80 airplane returned after…
ICE Dir. John Morton Vows to Go After Mexican Gunmen Who Killed One Agent and Wounded Another
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton on Tuesday vowed to go after the gunmen who fatally shot ICE agent Jaime J. Zapata and wounded agent Victor Avila in an ambush along a road in Mexico last week. “Together, the United States and Mexico will bring the long, hard arm of…
Column: America Needs to Better Educate Citizens on Basic Counterterrorism
Erroll G. Southers is the Associate Director of the DHS National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) and adjunct professor of homeland security and public policy at the University of Southern California. He is also the Managing Director of Counter-Terrorism and Infrastructure Protection for the San Jose-based international security consulting firm…
Fed Prosecutors Say Case Should Move Forward Against Pitching Legend Roger Clemens
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. is essentially telling a federal judge it’s time to play ball and move forward in the prosecution of legendary baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, who is charged with lying to Congress in 2008 about his steroid use. Prosecutors filed a brief on Friday in…
Legal Wrangling in ex-Cong. Jefferson’s Conviction Continues; Oral Arguments Set for May
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Nearly six years after the FBI launched a sting and 1 1/2 years after he was convicted on public corruption charges, the legal wrangling goes on and ex-New Orleans Congressman William Jefferson remains a free man. The latest: Oral arguments for Jefferson’s appeal in the 4th U.S. Court of…
Atty. Gen. Holder Says Slain Dep. Marshal Hotsinpiller Inspired
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Before a massive crowd at the Simpson Baptist Church in Bridgeport, W. Va., Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. on Monday offered condolences at the funeral of slain Deputy U.S. Marshal Derek Hotsinpiller. “At just 24-years-old, Derek had become an important part of the Marshals Service team – and a proud member…
Recent Deaths of 3 Fed Agents Highlight Growing Danger of the Job
By Jerry Markon Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The shooting deaths of two federal agents last week and three in two months highlight the heightened risk to federal investigators who are confronting increasingly violent fugitives, drug traffickers and other criminals, authorities said. The killing of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Mexico…