Archive for March 21st, 2012
FBI Agent Assoc. Sides With Secret Service Agents in Supreme Court Case
Konrad Motyka/ticklethewire.com photo
The FBI Agents Association voiced its strong support for two Secret Service agents involved in an immunity case that was argued before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
A Court of Appeals had ruled that Steven Howards could sue Secret Service agents Virgil Reichle and Dan Doyle, who arrested him in 2006 in Colorado after he confronted Vice President Cheney and tapped him on the shoulder. He was also overheard on his cell phone saying he was going to ask Cheney how many kids he killed.
The agents and the Obama administration have argued that they should be immune from a lawsuit. Howards claimed the agents retaliated against him for exercising his constitutionally protected free-speech rights.
In a statement on Wednesday, Konrad Motyka, president of the FBI Agents Association, said:
"FBIAA members are very concerned about the impact of this case on federal law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line every day to protect the public and this country's national security. That is why the FBIAA, representing over 12,000 active and retired FBI Special Agents, joined with the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA), representing over 25,000 federal law enforcement officers from 65 federal agencies, in filing an Amicus Brief with the Supreme Court on this case. The brief argues that the Court needs to uphold the immunity standard in order to avoid interjecting undue uncertainty and liability risks into the law enforcement context."
Along with the statement, the association included an excerpt of the Amicus Brief:
"FBIAA and FLEOA members are directly involved in the arrest and detention of persons and the investigation of crimes that threaten the security and safety of the United States and its citizens.
"FBIAA and FLEOA members are required to use their skills and education to make quick decisions in complex situations. Requiring them to defend against allegations that an arrest supported by probable cause had an improper retaliatory motive would undermine their effectiveness, introducing unnecessary second-guessing and risk of personal liability into the law enforcement process.
"Accordingly, FBIAA and FLEOA submit that, consistent with the holdings of the Second, Sixth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits, their members should be immune from retaliatory arrest claims when probable cause exists for the underlying arrest."
Posted: March 21st, 2012 under FBI, News Story.
Column: Stevens Case Shows that Prosecutors Need Supervision
Ex-Sen. Ted Stevens/campaign photo
Michael Carey is the former editorial page editor of the Anchorage Daily News and the host of the weekly public affairs show "Alaska Edition" for Alaska Public Television.
By Michael Carey
ANCHORAGE — As his trial on corruption charges approached in the fall of 2008, Ted Stevens railed to me in an email: "What did I do, Michael? What did I do?" The wounded rage smoldering in that rhetorical question to a reporter reflected his belief that he had done nothing wrong. He continued to insist on his innocence after aWashington, D.C., jury found him guilty of lying on financial disclosure forms.
Stevens' conviction was dismissed in 2009 after the Justice Department's admission that government lawyers failed to turn over evidence the Stevens defense should have received. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan, who presided over Stevens' trial, soon authorized an investigation of the prosecutors' conduct, a move as rare as the trial of a U.S. senator.
Last week, the judge's investigator, Special Counsel Henry F. Schuelke, issued his findings, which Stevens will never read. He died in a 2010 airplane accident.
Posted: March 21st, 2012 under News Story.
Tags: Alaska, Justice Department, Ted Stevens
New Orleans Fed Prosecutor Resigns in Midst of Scandal Over Anonymous Postings
An assistant U.S. Attorney in New Orleans who posted remarks under an alias on a comment section of the local paper about federal judges, local and national politicians and cases being handled by his office, resigned on Tuesday, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.
The paper, in an editorial, wrote that "Sal Perricone's resignation was warranted and necessary to let U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's office begin repairing the damage caused by Mr. Perricone's actions. Mr. Perricone showed an astounding lack of professionalism and common sense by posting inappropriate comments online about people under federal investigation, judges, elected officials and others. His resignation couldn't have come soon enough."
The Justice Department is reviewing the matter in which he used the alias "Henry L. Mencken1951" to post comments on the Times-Picayune website.
News reports have suggested he used other aliases as well, the editorial noted.
"A particularly disturbing comment by 'campstblue' regarding then-Mayor Ray Nagin warrants special attention from investigators," the editorial page noted. "On June 1, 2009, "campstblue" wrote: 'For all of you who have a penchant for firearms and how they work, Ray Nagin lives on Park Island.'"
Tags: aliases, Jim Letten, Justice Department, sal perricone, times picayune
Michelle Obama Says She Drives Secret Service Crazy With her Trips
Tags: david letterman, Michelle Obama, Secret Service
Ron Paul Trashes Secret Service Protection
Ron Paul/official photo
Presidential GOP hopeful Ron Paul is the only candidate left who doesn't have Secret Service protection, and he has something to say about that.
He thinks it amounts to a "form of welfare," according to CNN.
"You're having the taxpayers pay to take care of somebody," Paul told talk show host Jay Leno on Tuesday night. "And I'm an ordinary citizen, and I think I should pay for my own protection."
Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have protection.
On the lighter side, Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) said the other day of Santorum's Secret Service Protection:
"I see that both Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum now have Secret Service with them on the campaign trail. And in Santorum's case, I think it's the first time he's actually ever used protection."
Tags: GOP, mitt romney, newt gingrich, rick santorum, ron paul, Secret Service, welfare
FBI Probing Fla. Man Who Tweeted About Killing Cops
The FBI and locals are investigating an Oviedo, Fla. man who posted a tweet on Twitter saying: "We won't make a difference if we don't kill a cop or 2," according to station WESH Orlando.
The station reported that Rusty Braxton, 23, posted the tweet after watching Occupy protests in New York.
Braxton said the posting was a misunderstanding, the station reported.
Tags: Florida, orlando, oviedo, rusty braxton, wesh
FBI Informant Slept With Muslim Women Agency Was Targeting
By Paul Harris
IRVINE, Calif. — Craig Monteilh says he did not balk when his FBI handlers gave him the OK to have sex with the Muslim women his undercover operation was targeting. Nor, at the time, did he shy away from recording their pillow talk.
"They said, if it would enhance the intelligence, go ahead and have sex. So I did," Monteilh told the Guardian as he described his year as a confidential FBI informant sent on a secret mission to infiltrate southern Californian mosques.
It is an astonishing admission that goes that goes to the heart of the intelligence surveillance of Muslim communities in America in the years after 9/11. While police and FBI leaders have insisted they are acting to defend America from a terrorist attack, civil liberties groups have insisted they have repeatedly gone too far and treated an entire religious group as suspicious.
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Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal About Immunity for Secret Service Agents at Cheney Event (AP)
Consequences for Security as NYPD-FBI Rift Widens (AP)
Time to Reset Police-Muslim Relations (Huffpost)
Rocker Ted Nugent Bashes Atty. Gen. Holder (Newsmax)
ATF Offers More Info on Monroe Car Bombing (Brandenton.com)
Tags: california, Craig Monteilh, FBI, Muslim
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