U.S. Sets Another Record for Border Patrol Arrests
A record number of migrants have been arrested along the Mexico border with nearly 2.4 million detainments in the last 12 months.
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FBI Agent Who Worked Near Russia Has Symptoms Consistent with Havana Syndrome
A former FBI agent said he’s suffering from a mysterious and often debilitating affliction known as Havana Syndrome.
FBI Investigating Whether Cuba Attacked U.S. Diplomats with Covert Sonic Device
The FBI is investigating claims that American diplomats in Cuba received severe hearing loss from a covert sonic device.
TSA Admits Air Marshals Aren’t on Flights to Cuba As Promised
When commercial flights to Cuba resumed for the first time in 50 years, President Obama’s administration pledged that air marshals would be onboard.
Homeland Security Deputy Director to Visit Birthplace of Cuba to Help Ease Tensions
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The second-ranking Homeland Security official will visit his hometown in Cuba to help ease tensions with the U.S., the Los Angeles Times reports. Alejandro Mayorkas, Homeland Security deputy secretary, was 6 months old when his family fled Havana and moved to Miami. For the first time, he is returning for a…
Will First Woman on FBI’s Most Wanted List Be Extradited from Cuba?
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As relations between Cuba and the U.S. continue to improve, a big question lingers: Will the first woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List be extradited to face life in prison in America? The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Assata Shakur, who was convicted of killing a New Jersey state…
New Jersey Senator Says He’s Victim of Cuban Plot to Smear Him with False Allegations about Prostitutes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Sen. Robert Menendez is urging the Justice Department to investigate what he claims was an elaborate smear campaign by Cuban operatives to destroy his reputation with lies about prostitutes, the Washington Post reports. The New Jersey Democrat, a vociferous critic of Castro’s regime, said Cuban officials created a fake tipster to claim…
FBI Spied on French Philosophers Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre Over Their Politics
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What does it mean to be alive? Who are we? What is our purpose? Those weren’t the question the FBI was interested in answering while agents spied on French philosophers John-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Instead, the FBI was concerned about their politics and whether they were a danger to the U.S.,…