WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Former Miss USA Claims She Was Molested By TSA At Airport (FOX News) TSA Employee Indicted for Sneaking People Past Security (WKBW) Public Defender in Cleveland Wants to Help Accused Nazi John Demjanjuk (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Veteran FBI agent James Nice, who is stationed at headquarters in Washington, is heading to his hometown of Akron, Ohio to become police chief, according to a city press release. He will assume the post on June 6. Nice, 56, currently serves as Chief of Undercover and Sensitive Operations at FBI…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds are investigating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Miami for allegedly taking more than $100,000 in bribes from a confidential government informant, the Sun-Sentinel reported. The bribes were allegedly paid to ICE agent Juan Martinez for “temporary parole” immigration status for Colombians and others. The status allowed them…
Feds Say They’ve Broken Detroit Airport Drug Ring: MyFoxDETROIT.com
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After endless debate, the Portland City Council in Oregon voted unanimously Thursday for its police department to rejoin the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force — sort of. The city quit the JTTF in 2005, citing concerns that the FBI was violating civil rights. It was also concerned its officers might snoop…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Politics can be a dirty game. It can also be a dangerous one. The FBI reports that lawmakers were the target of more threats of violence in 2010 than in any other year on record, according to The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper. Some threats involved health care legislation,…
