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Maggie Ybarra

Maggie Ybarra

mybarra@washingtontimes.com

Maggie Ybarra is a former military affairs and Pentagon correspondent for The Washington Times.

Articles by Maggie Ybarra

Drug Enforcement Administration telecommunications specialist Glen Glover leaves court in New York, Wednesday, May 20, 2015. were arrested Wednesday on charges they flouted their duties by running a lucrative strip club in New Jersey where prostitution was captured on security video.  (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)

DEA agents accused of helping run New Jersey strip club

A former Drug Enforcement Administration special agent and one of the agency's information technology specialists were arrested Wednesday on charges of trying to conceal their ownership of a New Jersey strip club which employed illegal immigrants.

May 20, 2015
The shadows of a pedestrian is cast under a sign in front of JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters in New York on Nov. 19, 2013. (Associated Press)

Five major banks guilty of currency manipulation, acting as a cartel

Four major banks have agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and to pay more than $5 billion in restitution following a months-long Department of Justice investigation into the manipulation of the foreign-exchange spot market -- a feat that department officials describe as "truly historic."

May 20, 2015
Police in riot gear line up to enforce a curfew imposed in the aftermath of rioting following Monday's funeral for Freddie Gray, who died in police custody, Friday, May 1, 2015, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Obama equipment limits take aim at defensive items, police group says

President Obama's aim to stop civilian law enforcement from using federal funds for military equipment has evoked the ire of police organizations, who say the sweeping mandate will keep out of their hands items commonly used to quell riots, such as batons, helmets and shields.

May 18, 2015
Security forces defend their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State extremists during sand storm in the eastern part of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Islamic State extremists tend to take advantage of bad weather when they attack Iraqi security forces positions, an Iraqi officer said. (AP Photo)

Islamic State supporter in Texas arrested

An Iraq-born U.S. citizen who traveled abroad, pledged an oath to the leader of the Islamic State and returned to the United States was arrested for lying to the FBI in an effort to conceal his activity.

May 15, 2015
"If you're going to go and do alcohol and then show up at the White House and disturb a crime scene, you're out of here," said House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz in a Thursday hearing. (Associated Press)

Jason Chaffetz: Fire secret service in drinking scandal

A powerful lawmaker is calling for the two Secret Service agents who were likely intoxicated and disrupted an active bomb investigation near the White House in March to be stripped of their security clearances and fired.

May 14, 2015
Duluth police officer Dan Merseth, (left) wears a body camera on the front of his uniform during his shift in Duluth, Minnesota. Outfitting cops with body cameras puts police departments in the precarious position of having to decide whether their officers need to keep their cameras on all the time or use them at their discretion, said New Mexico attorney Tom Grover. (Associated Press photographs)

Police body cameras raise privacy concerns

The Department of Justice wants to make it easier for police to obtain and use body cameras, but the devil is in the details with executing the policy, ranging from concerns about when the cameras should be on to what sorts of images should be granted through freedom of information requests.

May 12, 2015
Tony Robinson, an unarmed 19-year-old biracial man (right) was killed by Officer Matt Kenny on March 6 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Madison Police Department/Wisconsin Department of Corrections/AP)

‘Black Out’ Wednesday called to protest slain teen

Social justice advocates plan to shut down the city of Madison, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, to draw attention to what they say is a trend of white police officers using excessive use of force against minorities, but keeping their jobs and receiving little or no punishment.

May 12, 2015
Police officer salute during the funeral of Officer Wenjian Liu in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Jan. 4. Liu and his partner, officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (Associated Press)

Police officer deaths in the line of duty double as morale sinks to new low

Law enforcement morale is at an all-time low as uniformed officers endure increased pushback from the communities and politicians they're risking their lives to protect, and a new report released Monday shows on-duty law enforcement deaths in 2014 occurring at nearly twice the previous year's rate.

May 11, 2015
FILE-This Wednesday Jan. 14, 2015 file photo made available by the Butler County Jail shows Christopher Lee Cornell. The attorney for Cornell, an Ohio man accused of plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol building Monday asked a federal judge to allow the man a private review of video and audio files in the case against him. (AP Photo/Butler County Jail, File)

Christopher Cornell, Capitol attack suspect, accused of aiding ISIS

An Ohio man who was arrested earlier this year and accused of planning a complex attack on the U.S. Capitol that involved killing officers and employees using semi-automatic rifles is now also being accused of providing material support to the the Islamic State.

May 7, 2015
Democrats were gleeful when Republicans Chris Christie and Rand Paul got tangled this week in the debate over the Disneyland measles outbreak, until similar words from the pasts of President Obama and 2016 front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton came out. (Associated Press)

Obama’s State Department repeatedly ignores open government laws

The State Department has been dismissing about half of the requests it receives for information under open government laws - a pattern of rejection that members of the Senate Judiciary Committee described on Wednesday as unacceptable and embarrassing.

May 6, 2015
David Manigault chants while marching toward City Hall to protest the police-custody death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. Police say they have turned over their criminal investigation to a prosecutor who will decide whether charges are warranted. (Associated Press)

Baltimore quiet as autopsy information a trickle

Baltimore officials pleaded for patience and calm as angry demonstrators demanded answers Thursday amid new revelations about a black man who suffered fatal injuries while in police custody.

April 30, 2015