By Miami Herald Editorial Board Last year, the White House was breached twice. In the movie Olympus Has Fallen, Gerard Butler faced off against Dylan McDermott and a band of Korean terrorists. In White House Down, Channing Tatum fought to save President Jamie Foxx from a band of mercenaries. In both movies, the bad guys…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service Director Julia Pierson accepted full responsibility for the recent White House intrusion and pledged to improve security at a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Pierson divulged that Omar J. Gonzalez, who was armed with a knife, made it deeper into the White House on…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Mexican nationals were indicted on charges of capital murder and attempted murder in the shooting death of an off-duty Border Patrol agent, the Valley Morning Star reports. Indicted were Gustavo Tijerina-Sandoval, 30, and Ismael Hernandez-Vallejo, 40, who are accused of being involved in the Aug. 3 shooting of Border Patrol…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com CBP plans to hire 2,000 officers by the end of the 2015 fiscal year, the Tucson News reports. Most of the new officers will serve along the southwest border. Some of the jobs entail checking passports at the border and enforcing immigration laws. Applicants will undergo a thorough screening process to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A TSA officer is under fire after being accused of secretly videotaping a female coworker in an employee restroom at the Nashville International Airport, WJRN reports. Daniel Boykin, 33, of Murfreesboro also is accused of entering the victim’s Nashville home several times to take information from her computers and electronic devices….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Omar J. Gonzalez was armed with a knife when he managed to make it much deeper into the White House mansion than previously disclosed, the New York Times reports. The 42-year-old made it to the ceremonial East Room after overpowering a Secret Service agent inside the North Portico entrance. Gonzalez finally…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired FBI agent pleaded guilty to 11 federal charges of fraud, conspiracy and obstruction of justice after prosecutors say he tried to derail an investigation into a $54 million military contract, the Associated Press reports. Robert Lustyik Jr. was expected to start trail Monday in federal court but decided to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joe Ciccarelli, a retired FBI special agent, is taking over as the Huntington Police Department’s new police chief, Metro News reports. Ciccarelli got his start in law enforcement with the Huntington Police Department in West Virginia. “Joe Ciccarelli understands our city, our opportunities and our challenges,” Huntington Mayor Steve Williams said…
