The Post-Journal Editorial Marijuana is illegal under federal law. Yet Attorney General Eric Holder has decided not to interfere in any way with two states where recreational use of the drug has become permissible. Colorado and Washington decriminalized marijuana last fall. Many states allow its use for medicinal purposes, but the two western states…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Colorado moved closer Monday to repealing a controversial law that requires local police to determine the status of immigrants and report undocumented people to federal authorities, the Denver Post reports. A state House committee voted 9-2 to repeal the six-year-old law, SB 90, that state officials said has cost taxpayers $13 million…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An attorney for a Los Angeles cop who was acquitted last week of illegally exporting guns says the laws are so confusing it’s difficult for people to adhere to them all. “There is so much confusion when comes to these requirements,” Humbarto Diaz, a federal public defender, said in an interview…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Five ex-executives from Blackwater, the highly controsersial security firm, were charged Friday with illegally acquiring automatic weapons and filing false documents. Some weapons were gifts to the Kingdom of Jordan in hopes of landing a lucrative contract to build and run a training center, authorities said. The 15-count federal indictment out…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A yet to be released Justice Department report is expected to conclude that the FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 during the Bush administration, the Washington Post reported. The paper reported that the FBI illegally collected the records by “by invoking terrorism…
This program was supposed to focus on illegal immigrants who posed a threat to national security. That wasn’t the case. Law enforcement abused the program. BY SUMATHI REDDY Newsday Immigration agents in Long Island and New Jersey forced their way into private residences without judicial warrants, arrested hundreds without any legal basis and committed widespread…
