Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the country’s largest ports is not adequately prepared to fend off terrorists, thieves and other criminals, a former Homeland Security agent said, the New York Post reports. Terrorists “are looking for a weakness, and you’re standing in one of them right now,” Adam Conti, 46, told The Post. “This place…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Hoping to compel Attorney General Eric Holder to release documents related to the botched gun-walking case Operation Fast and Furious, the Republican-led House Oversight Committee plans Monday to file a civil contempt suit today against the AG, CBS News reports. The lawsuit comes after the White House and Justice Department said Holder…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Islamic organization in Southern California is asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate a case in which three pigs legs were strewn on a site of a proposed mosque last week during the Muslim holy month of of Ramadan, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pigs are offensive to Muslims because they…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Suspects in child porn cases are usually men. But ICE agents are on the hunt for an unidentified woman who is accused of producing videos of her having sex with an adult male and two children, reports the Associated Press. In an attempt to track down the “Jane Doe,” ICE released eight…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The headline on the U.S. Marshal’s press release announced, “Gang Member Removed from New Mexico’s Most Wanted.” Turns out, 20-year-old Mark Anthony Carlson was wanted for missing probation. And oh yes, more importantly, he is a “Juggalo,” a fan of the Detroit-based rap group, Insane Clown Posse, reports the Village…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Looking at the mass shootings in the U.S. in recent years, from Tucson to Aurora, Colo. from Columbine to Oak Creek, Wisc., two things become apparent: The gunmen all had easy access to guns and they all had severe psychological problems. I won’t address the issue of the guns. Not…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The photo at the York County Fair in Nebraska was shocking. The manipulated image showed York High School erupting in a ball of fire with a hooded figure in the foreground. “They never seen this coming,” is impoosed on the image, reports York Times. Now the FBI is trying to determine whether…
