Federal Transportation Officials Want States to Lower Legal Blood-Alcohol Levels to 0.05
The National Transportation Safety Board is pushing for the change for the second time, saying the reduced limit would save nearly 1,000 lives.
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ATF’s Scott Sweetow Named Deputy Director of the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center in Quantico
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF agent Scott Sweetow has been named deputy director for the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC). The intergovernmental agency, which is based at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Va., coordinates efforts to gather and share intelligence about improvised explosive devices (IEDs), helps disarm and disrupt IEDs, link them to their makers…
FBI Launches Facebook Page in Farsi to Solicit Tips for Missing Ex-Agent Levinson
ABC News reports that the Facebook page is intended to get the attention of the Iranian public.
ATF Arrests Anti-Government Man After Finding Pipe Bombs, Firearms at His Home
Michael Ramos, 24, was taken into custody after a search warrant was executed at his home Monday.
FBI Investigating Flint Water Crisis That Led to Thousands of Residents Being Poisoned
The contamination began when state officials began using the Flint River for drinking water while the city was working on a new pipeline.
Republican Congressman Tells Colleagues to ‘Shut Up’ About Hillary Clinton Probe
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Republican chairman of the House Select Committee, which is investigating the 2012 attack on the American consulate in Libya, is mincing no words about his colleagues in Congress who are speculating about the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton. The Boston Herald reports that Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, told his…
Was Ex-Secret Service Agent Planning to Flee Country After Stealing Bitcoins?
Bridges is now in custody because he is considered a flight risk.
Andrew McCabe Assumes the #2 Post In the FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Andrew McCabe, the associate deputy director, has moved up to the second spot in the FBI, replacing Deputy Director Mark Giuliano, who is retiring, the FBI announced. As deputy director, McCabe will oversee all FBI domestic and international investigative and intelligence activities and serve as acting director in the director’s absence. McCabe…