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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When law enforcement agencies need help translating a language, they often call the U.S. Border Patrol for help. But under a new decree issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Border Patrol agents won’t be used as interpreters for local authorities, the Huffington Post reports. The idea, Border Patrol officials said,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Working has its drawbacks for anyone. But among federal agencies, the Department of Homeland Security was ranked the most unsatisfying workplace, U.S. News reports. The survey, “The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government,” ranked DHS last for effective leadership, teamwork, support for diversity and training and development, U.S. News wrote….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal employees who still need last-minute gifts for the holidays may be in for a bargain at a top-secret sale of bureau-branded clothing and merchandise, Crain’s New York Business reports. For the first time, the FBI is opening its New York store at 26 Federal Plaza on Dec. 20 for a four-hour…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire A former Wells Fargo investment banker is accused of tipping off investors in an insider trading scheme in exchange for gold and cash, the FBI announced Thursday. The banker, John Femenia, was indicted along with eight accused insider traders in an indictment unsealed Thursday. Femenia, who faces up to 30 years in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire An initiative by Blue Cross and Blue Shield to promote good health seemed to work too well when some municipal employees of Kansas City were reporting excessive, grueling exercise sessions to earn gift cards. It was so unreal, in fact, that the scam caught the FBI’ attention, which resulted in an investigation,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Muslim man from Oklahoma claims he’s being harassed by the FBI after he was twice barred from flying from Qatar to visit his sick mother in the United States, the Associated Press reports. Now that he’s back home in the U.S., Saadiq Long says local and federal authorities are trying to…
Editorial Arizona Daily Star For a law-enforcement agency to be trusted, the public must be able to see how it functions when something goes wrong. The U.S. Border Patrol doesn’t seem to understand that. As the Arizona Daily Star’s Tim Steller reported on Sunday, when Border Patrol agents shoot people on the other side of…