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IG Report Sharply Criticizes ATF’s Program to Crack Down on Guns to Mexico
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– A Justice Department’s Inspector General report released Tuesday sharply criticized ATF’s efforts to crackdown on gun trafficking along the Mexican border, saying the agency is failing to share information within and outside the agency and with Mexico and is focusing far too much on smaller rather than bigger gun…
Discovery Channel: Secrets of the Secret Service; Info on JFK Detail in Dallas
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Justice Won’t File Charges in Burning of CIA Videotapes
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it won’t file criminal charges over the destruction by CIA workers of 92 videotapes showing harsh interrogation techniques of terrorism suspects. “In January 2008, Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed Assistant United States Attorney John Durham to investigate the destruction by CIA personnel of…
U.S. Military Ties Growing with Mexico’s Armed Forces in Battle Against Drug Cartels
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — To help battle Mexico’s increasingly violent and dangerous drug cartels, the U.S. military is getting more involved, the Washington Post reports. Mary Beth Sheridan of the Washington Post reports that the U.S. military is sharing information and training soldiers in an expanding effort to help that country battle its…
Column: U.S. Attys Rip Off Taxpayers on Hotel Rooms
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The words “offensive” and “disgusting” and “criminal” best describe the findings of a Justice Department Inspector General report this week which found that five U.S. Attorneys stuck taxpayers with hefty hotel bills. In other words, they went far beyond the allotted allowance for rooms. And the worst offender, the…
Imprisoned CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Espionage for 2nd Time in 13 Years
By Glynnesha Taylor ticklethewire.com Father and sons have different ways of bonding. Some go camping or fishing. Ex-CIA officer Harold J. Nicholson and his son chose a more novel way: they worked together in the espionage world with the Russians. On Monday, Nicholson, 59, who is already serving a 23 year-plus year sentence after pleading…
Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Reports for Jury Duty
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Yes, even the big guys and gals get the call to jury duty some times. The Christian Science Monitor reports that Atty. General Eric Holder Jr. reported to jury duty on Monday at D.C. Superior Court, the city’s court. And to no surprise, just like most of the big…
17 Charged With Defrauding Holocaust Fund of $42 Million
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Authorities say a Holocaust fund that helped victims was victimized itself. Seventeen people were charged in federal court in Manhattan with a long-running scam that defrauded Holocaust funds for survivors out of $42 million, authorities announced today. Some of the fraudulent claims date back to 1993. Authorities said employees…