Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Tired of the FBI’s refusal to describe what happened when an agent shot and killed Ibragim Todashev in an Orlando condo, the ACLU is urging Florida authorities to investigate, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The ACLU also wants to know about the Orlando police officer who was at the condo when the May…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Janet Napolitano’s job as head of the Department of Homeland Security is not the only high-ranking position available there, NPR reports. According to the NPR, 15 top jobs at DHS are vacant or about to be, and lawmakers won’t fill the jobs. The openings raise questions about whether DHS is too large…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two teenagers are accused of breaking into the car of an FBI agent Saturday and stealing bullet-proof vest, ammo and an MP5 9 millimeter submachine gun in the Tampa Bay metro area, reports The Tampa Bay Times. Raymond Cano, 18, and a 16-year-old accomplice are believed to have broken into the car…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The murder and racketeering trial of James “Whitey” Bulger drew detailed, gruesome testimony about the litany of crimes committed by the White Hill Gang. Stephen “the Rifleman” Flemmi described on his third day of testimony how he helped murder people, The Christian Science Monitor reports. Flemmi said Bulger was driven to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A shootout between two suspects and the FBI and police ended with one suspect dead and another injured, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The newspaper reported that both men were suspects in murders and robberies across the city and were determined to fight if authorities tried to apprehend them. That’s exactly what happened…
