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Ex-Head of Miami FBI Paul Philip to Evaluate Miami Police Dept.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The former head of the Miami FBI has been hired by the city to evaluate its police department on issues including morale, policy and emails written by the police chief, the Miami Herald reported. Paul Philip, 63, who led the FBI office in the 1990s, has agreed to work 20 hours…
More Proposed Cuts at Justice Dept., Wall Street Journal Reports
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Belt tightening is already being felt at the Justice Department and there’s to come, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal’s Devlin Barrett reports that the U.S. Marshals Service, due to funding constraints, has already shut down the Fugitive Safe Surrender Program, which successfully encouraged fugitives to turn…
Man Nabbed in Mexico in Connection With Murder of Pregnant Wife — a Border Patrol Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A man has been arrested in Mexico in connection with the 2009 fatal stabbing in the San Diego area of his estranged wife, U.S. Protection and Border Patrol officer Maribel Arteaga, who was pregnant at the time, KTLA TV reported. Jesus “Alex” Arteaga Garcia, 29, was arrested Friday night by Mexican…
FBI Involved in About 800 Violations in National Security Investigations
By Ken Dilanian Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The FBI disclosed to a presidential board that it was involved in nearly 800 violations of laws, regulations or policies governing national security investigations from 2001 to 2008, but the government won’t provide details or say whether anyone was disciplined, according to a report by a privacy…
“Geezer Bandit” Continues to Frustrate FBI and Locals in Calif.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com He’s back. As serial bank robbers have done over the the many decades, the man dubbed the “Geezer Bandit” continues to frustrate the FBI and local authorities. On Friday, the “Geezer Bandit” held up his 13th bank in southern California, this time on Friday at a Bank of America branch in…
Proposed Budget Cuts Could be “Amputation” For ATF
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Proposed deep budget cuts could undermine some key ATF programs like “Project Gun Runner”, a signature program under the Obama administration designed to crack down on the flow of weapons to Mexico and its cartels, the Washington Post reported. The Post’s James Grimaldi and Sari Horwitz report that the…
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Who is Under Fed Investigation Speaks Out
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U.S. Park Police Detectives Cleared in D. C. Fatal Shooting in 2009
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – U.S. Park Police detectives won’t face any criminal action in connection with the fatal shooting in D.C. in 2009. The Justice Department announced Friday that it found “insufficient evidence” to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against U.S. Park Police detectives involved in the fatal shooting of Trey Joyner,…