Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The family of former FBI agent Robert Levinson wants to meet with the new agency’s new director following recent reports that he was working for the CIA when he vanished, CNN reports. FBI Director James Comey was supposed to meet with the family before the recent revelations but has delayed his…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It hasn’t been long since the FBI’s primary focus was putting away bank robbers, kidnappers and gang members. That focus has dramatically shifted in the post-9/11 era, creating a new generation of counterterrorism experts who know the ins and outs of al Qaeda and Hezbollah, Newsweek reports. Most of the counterterrorism experts…
By Alan Stamm ticklethwire.com The FBI uses the news area of its website to post arrests, convictions, awards and requests for crime-solving tips. The most-viewed post of 2013, the bureau tells a journalism blogger, is a March 18 item offering a $5-million reward for help cracking a notorious 1990 art theft. The cold case…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is known more for combating crime than preventing it. But behind-the-scenes, the FBI has been busy trying to prevent mass shootings and violent attacks by getting mental health professionals involved, the Associated Press reports. Behind the effort is the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, which has worked for years with state…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The case of the former FBI agent who went missing in Iran six years ago remains a mystery. There’s no evidence that Robert Levinson is in Iran, the country’s Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told the Associated Press. “What we know is that he is not incarcerated in Iran,” Zarif…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More people are opening fire on crowds with the intent of mass murder, Scripps News reports. The disturbing trend was revealed, in part, by a Texas State University researcher exclusively retained by Scripps News. Click here to see the interactive map of active shooters. According to the data, active shooter incidents have…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents rarely face repercussions for using deadly force, even when the shootings are questionable, the Arizona Republic reports. At least 42 people, including 13 Americans, have been killed by on-duty Border Patrol agents and CBP officers since 2005. The deaths range from justifiable to highly questionable, the Republic wrote. Although…
httpv://youtu.be/WNL6psutrMk
