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Justice Department Plans Early Release for Sick, Aging Inmates to Save Money,...
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has devised a plan to address overcrowded jails by granting early release to some sick and aging inmates, the Washington Times reports. The new...
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Editorial: Justice Department Wrong to Ignore Federal Pot Laws
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...
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AG Eric Holder Sends Message to Justice Department Employees About Shutdown
Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. Dear Colleagues, This ongoing shutdown continues to be a very frustrating time for all of us who work for the Department of Justice and those who provide services on...
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Advice: “Gradual Withdrawals” from Fraud & Other Wrongdoing: Guidance for...
Steven Pelak and Jason Prince are attorneys with the law firm Holland & Hart. Pelak, a former federal prosecutor, focuses his practice on civil and criminal enforcement proceedings and internal...
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Wisconsin DOJ Let 43 Child Porn Cases Languish While Predators Were Free
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Wisconsin Department of Justice let at least 43 tips about suspected child pornography languish for four months or longer, compromising the investigations and...
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Pro Publica: Three Things Obama’s New Clemency Initiative Doesn’t Do
By Kara Brandeisky ProPublica Today, the Department of Justice outlined expanded criteria that could allow prisoners convicted of non-violent crimes to win early release from prison. Under the new...
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Issa: Special Prosecutor Needed for Uncompromised IRS probe
Rep. Darrell Issa Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif) wrote this column for the San Diego Union-Tribune. By Darrell Issa In May 2013, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ordered an investigation into efforts of...
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DOJ Inspector General Finds No Evidence of Cruel Treatment for Migrant Children
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Rumors of substandard treatment of migrant children caught crossing the border have been overstated, according to federal inspectors. The Arizona Republic reports...
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: DOJ Investigation Must Go Beyond Ferguson
By St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board A few numbers indicate a civil rights investigation of the Ferguson Police Department is long overdue. On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced the...
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Justice Department Launches Independent Review of Baltimore Police Department...
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Justice is launching an independent review of Baltimore’s police force following a string of complaints from residents about excessive force and...
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WikiLeaks Journalists Face Serious Charges After Google Hands Over Information
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three WikiLeaks journalists are facing charges of espionage and conspiracy after Google turned over their confidential data to the U.S. government, WikiLeaks...
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DOJ’s Top Public Corruption Investigator, Jack Smith, Takes New Job
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section has overcome some embarrassing blunders, from caving in to politicians to failing to convict former Sen. Ted...
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Justice Department Investigating Milwaukee U.S. Attorney for Alleged Misuse...
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney James Santelle is under investigation on accusations that he misused the government-assigned credit card and violated a law barring federal employees...
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DOJ Report: FBI Struggles to Hire Enough Cyber Security Experts Because of...
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has struggled to hire enough computer scientists to crackdown on cyber security threats because of low pay, according to a Justice Department report. Reuters...
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FBI Source: Probe into Hillary Clinton’s Emails Is ‘Criminal,’ Not Fact-Finding
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s examination of Hillary Clinton’s unsecured email account is more than a fact-finding mission, the New York Post reports. “It’s a criminal probe,” the New...
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Border Patrol Agent Charged in 2012 Shooting Death of Mexican Teenager
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent who killed a Mexican teenager in a cross-border shooting was charged with second-degree murder, CBS News reports. Lonnie Swartz was indicted...
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Opinion Piece: ‘Inspector General’s Report Actually Makes The FBI Look Pretty...
Chris Truax is an appellate lawyer in California and sits on the legal advisory board for Republicans for the Rule of Law. He wrote this for InsideSources.com. Inspector General Michael Horowitz By...
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DOJ Inspector General Finds No Evidence of Cruel Treatment for Migrant Children
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Rumors of substandard treatment of migrant children caught crossing the border have been overstated, according to federal inspectors. The Arizona Republic reports...
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: DOJ Investigation Must Go Beyond Ferguson
By St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board A few numbers indicate a civil rights investigation of the Ferguson Police Department is long overdue. On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced the...
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Justice Department Launches Independent Review of Baltimore Police Department...
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Justice is launching an independent review of Baltimore’s police force following a string of complaints from residents about excessive force and...
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