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John Dowdy Jr. Named Court Appointed U.S. Atty in Mississippi
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John M. Dowdy Jr., who has been the acting first assistant U.S. Attorney for the past year, is now the court-appointed U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. He replaces Donald R. Burkhalter, who retired this month. Dowdy was appointed by Chief U.S. District Judge…
Fed Agents Find LAX Airport Can be a Zoo– Literally
By Allan Lengel For AOL News On any given day, the sprawling Los Angeles International Airport known as LAX can be a zoo, locked in a frenetic pace, passengers coming and going. And then on certain days, it really, really is a zoo. Over the past few years alone, federal law enforcement authorities have nabbed…
FBI Arrests Palm Springs Man for Threatening Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI on Wednesday arrested a 32-year-old Palms Spring, Calif., man on charges of making intimidating phone calls to a Democratic Washington state Congressman Jim McDermott that included threats to kill him, his family and friends. Charles Turner Haberman was slated to appear in federal court in Riverside, Calif. on Wednesday….
Justice Dept. Fights Back Against Attempts to Muzzle Holder and Others in Portland Terrorism Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is fighting back attempts by defense attorneys to muzzle Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. and other government workers when it comes to pre-trial comments in the terrorism case involving a teen who tried to detonate a bomb in Portland during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in December. It…
Column: We Must Stop Sociopaths Like Loughner From Getting Guns
By Dan Simpson Pittsburgh Post-Gazette There is something seriously wrong with a country in which a mentally disturbed young man can buy a semi-automatic weapon and gun down a member of Congress, a judge, a 9-year-old schoolgirl and more than a dozen other innocent people in front of a shopping center. It gets worse when…
Hundreds of FBI Agents Investigating Arizona Shooting
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Days after the tragic shooting in Arizona, hundreds of FBI agents are tracing the steps of shooter Jared Loughner, trying to figure out motive, a timeline leading up to the incident and who he had been in contact with, NPR radio reports. NPR reported that inside the bureau the investigation is…
Border Patrol Agent Busted for Harboring Illegal Immigrants Including His Father
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent in San Ysidro, Calif., was busted Monday on charges of harboring illegal immigrants in his home including his father, who had been convicted of marijuana possession for sale and was twice deported to Mexico, Fox5 San Diego reported. The station, citing the FBI, reported that agent…
Board Rules that Fired U.S. Park Police Chief Can Be Reinstated and Get 6 Years of Back Pay
By Allan Lengel ticklethewirecom WASHINGTON — Patience and persistence has paid off for Teresa Chambers, who was fired as U.S. Park Police chief in 2004 in what turned into a highly controversial situation in the nation’s capital. The Merit Systems Protection Board has ruled that she can have her job back, plus more than six…