Posting prepared by Matthew Micka
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Mexican President Felipe Calderón is now deploying nearly 50% (45,000) of his nation’s combat ready troops to wage a war against his nation’s powerful drug traffickers, who supply an estimated 90% of the cocaine entering the United States.
The Office of the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration (SSA) has prepared an audit report, Fugitive Felons Serving As Representative Payees. March 2009. The Report consists of a review and analysis of representative payee issues within the SSA. To conduct the review, a file of fugitive records was obtained from the SSA Office of Investigations. From that file it was determined that 14, 594 inbdividuals for whom arrest warrants had been issued and who were represenative payees for SSA benificiaries as of July 2007 From this group 275 individuals were randomly selected for detailed analysis..
To see the entire Report click on the link below:
Audit Report: Fugitive Felons Serving As Representative Payees
The U.S. Justice Department moved on Wednesday April 1 to drop all charges in the case against former Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska. In a federal court on Wednesday Justice Department lawyers explained that in addition to earlier disclosures they discovered further evidence of misconduct that raised questions about the way the entire case was handled.
Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. issued a statement (see link below) explaining the Department of Justice position and said that he would not seek a new trial.
Statement of Attorney Gereral Eric Holder Jr. Regarding Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens
In a 75 page, 19 count indictment, prosecutors allege that Mr. Blagojevich and his associates sought illegal profits from the governor’s authority to award money and jobs in construction, legal work, consulting and investmentments. Included in the indictment are allegations that Mr. Blagojevich and his associates “schemed to auction off the Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama”.
To provide you further clarification we refer you to the following two documents:
A Report of the Violence Policy Center* authored by Senior Policy Analyst Tom Diaz
Introduction
Mexico is under siege, its democratic governance is at risk. This report examines the role of the U.S. civilian gun market in the drug-related violence in Mexico that is creeping northward into the United States.
Top Ten Stories of the Week ending March 27, 2009:
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From: Quinlan Law Enforcement E-News*, March 26, 2009.
Search and Seizure in Cyberspace:
March 2009 Volume 2 Number 3.
Social Networking Sites: How To Stay Safe
From the Desk of David G. Badertscher
On Monday March 23, 2009 the Obama administration presented the details of the Public-Private Invetment Program as a major initiative to help stimulate the U.S. economy. Below are links to four documents which were prepared to help introduce this program.
Press Briefing by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Plans to Assist the Credit Markets
March, 2009 Volume 21 Issue 2
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Strategies for Combating Anti-Gay Sentiment in the Courtroom by Sean Overland
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