Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is standing behind an agent who is accused of committing perjury. The Arizona Daily Star reports that the FBI stands “firmly behind” Agent Brian Grehoski, who is accused of lying during testimony in a hearing on campaign finance allegations. FBI spokesman Manuel Johnson said he’s unaware of any internal investigations…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The TSA caused controversy by seizing a woman’s expensive bottle of perfume because it is shaped like a grenade, Fox News reports. Country music promoter Lois Lewis was stopped by TSA agents and then investigated after after trying to bring her 2-ounce bottle of Jimmy Choo perfume in her carryon at Phoenix’s…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Frustrated with the pace of the investigation into the missing Malaysian airliner, a New York Congressman insisted Sunday that the FBI and NTSB should get more involved, Fox News reports. New York Rep. Peter King, a Republican, said the the Malaysia government is not cooperating. “This has been frustrating for the FBI,”…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An American citizen died in U.S. Border Patrol custody after paramedics erroneously concluded that he was faking a seizure, according to a medical examiner’s report, Al Jazeera reports. Steven Keith, 58, died on Christmas at a Southern California checkpoint facility about 20 miles from the border. The cause of Keith’s death is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Family members of a Border Patrol agent who killed himself after allegedly assaulting three immigrant women are having trouble processing the news. “It’s really hard to believe,” Susana Manzanares said of her ex-husband Esteban Manzanares, who shot himself after authorities say he sexually assaulted three women on Wednesday. Manzanares described her husband…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The owner of a California gun parts store is refusing to release the names of customers to federal agents, the Washington Times reports. Dimitrios Karras, who owns Ares Armor in Oceanside, insisted it was an invasion of privacy to hand over the identities of 5,000 customers who purchased gun parts. “They said…
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new report shows that Justice Department lawyers committed hundreds of ethics infractions ranging from recklessness to misconduct. Now a bipartisan group of senators is supporting a bill that would empower the inspector general to conduct an investigation, NPR reports. The senators want to bypass the traditional route – using the Office of…
