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New Orleans Times-Picayune Editorial: Justice Dept. Probe Into BP Spill “Necessary Step”
By New Orleans Times-Picayune Editorial NEW ORLEANS — The Justice Department’s investigation into possible criminal and civil violations related to BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is an important and necessary step. The more Americans learn about the decisions and missteps that may have contributed to the disaster, the more it seems that…
Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. Announces Criminal and Civil Probes in Gulf Spill
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As expected, the Justice Department is going after those involved in the ugliest oil spill in U.S. history. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. announced Tuesday in New Orleans that the Justice Department was launching a criminal and civil probe into the Gulf spill that continues to kill wildlife and livelihoods and…
Liberian President’s Son Worked With DEA to Bust Cocaine Traffickers
By Glynnesha Taylor ticklethewire.com The son of Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf worked undercover with the DEA to bust up a group of drug smugglers who tried using Liberia as a staging area to distribute more than $100 million in South American cocaine to Europe, Africa and the U.S., the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said….
Supreme Court Rules Silence is Not Golden With Miranda Rights
By Glynnesha Taylor ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Sometimes silence is not so golden — at least according to the Supreme Court. In a narrow 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that suspects must speak up and say they want to remain silent to get protections under the Miranda Warning during interrogations. In other words, simply shutting…
“Grandad Bandit” Outpacing “Geezer Bandit” With Possibly 21 Bank Heists
By Allan Lengel For AOL News “Geezer Bandit” of California, move over. You’ve got some serious competition from the “Grandad Bandit” when it comes to aging stickup men. The FBI said today the “Grandad Bandit,” a bald man in his 50s or 60s who has a little paunch, could be responsible for at least 21…
Inspector Gen. Reports Says Justice Dept. and Its Other Agencies (Except for FBI) Not Prepared for Weapons of Mass Destruction Attack
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The good news is that the FBI “has taken appropriate steps to prepare to respond to a potential” weapons of mass destruction (WMD) attack, according to a just released Justice Department’s Inspector General report. Now the bad news: “We concluded that the Department of Justice as a whole and…
Ex-Philly FBI Agent Bob Wittman Pens Book on Art Thefts
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com When it comes to ex-FBI agent Bob Wittman, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Michael Klein put it best: “During his 20 years as a Philly-based FBI special agent, Bob Wittman is credited with recovering nearly a quarter-billion dollars worth of art. That’s a lot of Monet.” Wittman, who started the FBI’s Art Crime…
Editorial: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Says Sending Troops to Border “Reactive, Political Move”
By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial PITTSBURGH — President Barack Obama’s decision to send 1,200 National Guard troops to bolster security along the porous U.S.-Mexico border should be seen for what it is — not a long-term solution but a reactive, political move that solves nothing over the long haul. The context is the recently passed anti-illegal…