“Dean of Federal Law Enforcement in Tulsa” Don Crowl Passes at 72

 By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The “dean of federal law enforcement in Tulsa”has  passed away. Don Crowl’s 25-year career with the Secret Service included stints on security details of six presidents, from Lyndon Johnson to George H. W. Bush, plus other politicians, judges, foreign dignitaries and cabinet members, reports the Tulsa World. He passed away on…

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Are FBI Terror Tactics Just?

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Undoubtedly the public has been grateful when terrorist plots have been foiled by the FBI. But some are questioning the tactics, not just asking if the ends justify the means but if the means are creating false ends, reports The Guardian. “Critics say the FBI is running a sting operation across…

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Judge Rules FBI Must Pay Muslim Groups Legal Fees for Lying About Existence of Records in Freedom of Information Case

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com After five years of legal wrangling, a federal judge in California ruled Thursday that the FBI must pay the legal fees of Muslim activist groups that sued the agency over a Freedom of Information Act case. U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, in a written ruling, said his decision was not based…

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Suspected White House Shooter Thought Obama Was the Antichrist

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It may not have been the brightest of assassination plots considering President Obama wasn’t even in town when Oscar Ramiro Oretego-Hernandez allegedly fired at the White House. Nonetheless, authorities believe the intent to kill Obama was there. He’s been charged with attempting to assassinate the president. CBS News reports that a…

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