Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Salt Lake Security attorney is suing the FBI to release what he says is a video that shows a second person was involved in the Oklahoma City bombing, the USA Today reports. But the FBI has maintained it lost the surveillance video from the 1995 blast that killed 168 people. Jesse…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Special Agent Chris Combs has been busy since taking over the FBI’s San Antonio office in April. Combs, who opened the San Antonio office for a media tour on Monday, covers a large area of South Texas and also works out of offices in Austin, Waco and along the border, KSAT 12…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has taken the unusual step of urging the media to stop identifying mass shooters, KSAT.com reports. The campaign, called “Don’t Name Them,” comes after researchers at Texas State University found that fame and past mass casualties often motivated shooters. “When the media covers it, it unfortunately puts ideas in people’s…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Security comes at a cost. Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, passengers have complained about long wait times and intrusive searches. Now the TSA is offering $15,000 for the best ideas for improving those frustrating screening lines, the Los Angeles Times reports. The challenge, said TSA spokesman Ross Feinstein, “is about leveraging…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Harold H. Shaw has been named special agent in charge of the Intelligence Division at the New York Field Office. Since April 2013, he has served as a section chief and deputy director for law enforcement at the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center (CTC) as a liaison between the FBI and the CIA,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent who works on a task force to combat child porn in Missouri has been charged with assault for allegedly choking a 13-year-old boy until he became unconscious, the Riverfront Times reports. Special Agent Scott Armstrong, 37, is due back in court Tuesday after pleading not guilty to misdemeanor third-degree…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The man who killed six people and severely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords planned a second attack that could have been more deadly, according to newly released FBI records obtained by the Los Angeles Times. FBI agents searching the Tucson, Ariz., residence of Jared Lee Loughner found a small safe containing bomb-making components….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Republicans are complaining that environmental laws intended to protect land and wildlife are hampering efforts to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, The Hill reports. About 800 miles along the Mexico-U.S. border – or 40% of the land – is controlled and protected by the Interior Department. The federal land protections are restricting…
