Weekend Series on Law Enforcement: Richard Nixon Talks to LBJ About the Death of the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover
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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI warned Thursday that it has “credible information” that extremists from an Islamic State-affiliated group plan to kidnap journalists in the region, the Washington Post reports. The kidnappings are meant to be retaliation against the U.S. for attacks on Iraq and Syria. Journalists have been called “desirable targets.” The Islamic…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama is faced with a significant challenge and opportunity. The top three jobs at the Justice Department will soon be vacant, and just four of Obama’s 11 choices for assistant attorney generals have been confirmed, CBS News reports. The vacancies leave a power vacuum at an agency that has been…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com So how do you capture a cop-killing survivalist who has managed to elude police in Pennsylvania for 42 days? Not many people would know more than Gregg O. McCrary, a retired criminal profiler for the FBI who spoke to the Scranton Times-Tribune in a report published Friday. “He may be in…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Raiding a lingerie shop may seem like an odd task for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, but it’s a part of their responsibilities. News of the underwear seizures raised some questions about the involvement of ICE. So what prompted the raid? IJReview reports that the panties included a trademarked logo: The…