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DEA Banned From Random Airport Searches After Scathing Justice Department Report Uncovers Corruption
Saturday, November 23, 2024 - 1:30pm | 529The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been barred from conducting random searches of travelers’ belongings at airports and transit hubs following a Justice Department investigation that exposed corrupt practices. The investigation, led by Inspector General Michael Horowitz, uncovered...
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Justice Dept Agrees To Return More Than $1M Seized From Legal Cannabis Companies In California
Monday, April 18, 2022 - 7:56pm | 483The Justice Department has agreed to return more than $1 million that California sheriff's deputies stole from Empyreal Logistics, an armored-car company that serves state-licensed marijuana businesses, reported reason.com The decision overruled San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus'...
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Critics Condemn Sessions' New Order Allowing Feds To Help Local Authorities Seize Assets
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 - 3:08pm | 812The Trump administration just made it easier for cops to confiscate your possessions or poach your pocketbook, regardless of whether you are charged with a crime. Making good on a warning issued earlier this week, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday issued new rules allowing the...