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Since 9/11, the federal government each year has issued more than 30,000 "national security letters" demanding business and personal records without a judge's approval, all under authority from the Patriot Act.
By SARA VANDEN BERGE Staff Writer: Stephenville Empire- Tribune
A familiar face has made his way back into Erath County law enforcement as Weldon Wilson began his new position Monday as the county's new pre-trial release officer.
Tammy Fonce-Olivas: El Paso Times
El Paso County Sheriff Leo Samaniego is threatening to turn away crime suspects at the jail entrance if the district attorney's office does not change a booking program.
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When the government keep secrets from the public about its misdeeds, it's always cause for concern. When the government keeps secrets about people who were killed by its agents, it's cause for alarm.
Texas drug task forces counting on renewed funding next March might find themselves hanging out to dry thanks to a bevy of scandals and an especially wet hurricane season on the Gulf Coast, Tim Eaton reported in the Wichita Falls Times Record News today ("N.