2020
![More Than 130 Secret Service Officers Have Covid or Are Quarantining](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/secret-service.jpg)
More Than 130 Secret Service Officers Have Covid or Are Quarantining
By Allan Lengel More than 130 Secret Service officers who protect the White House and the president during his travels have tested positive for Covid or are quarantining because of exposure to co-workers, the Washington Post reports. The spread of the virus is believed to be partly linked to a series of campaign rallies that…
![ICE Operation Nets 113 Arrests of Alleged Child Predators in U.S., South America](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ICE-child-exploitation-via-ICE.jpg)
ICE Operation Nets 113 Arrests of Alleged Child Predators in U.S., South America
ICE and its international partners arrested 113 alleged child predators in the U.S. and South America as part of a crackdown called “Operation Protected Childhood.”
![Two Top Homeland Security Officials Forced to Resign Amid Trump Purge](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/homeland2department-of-homeland-security-logo-300x300.jpg)
Two Top Homeland Security Officials Forced to Resign Amid Trump Purge
Two top Homeland Security officials have been forced to resign by the White House as President Trump continues to remove anyone who hasn’t demonstrated “complete loyalty.”
![Contenders for AG, Homeland Security Director Under Biden](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Joe-Biden-shutterstock_1747932749.jpg)
Contenders for AG, Homeland Security Director Under Biden
President-elect Joe Biden will be responsible for choosing new leaders of the Justice Department and Homeland Security.
![Georgia Man Charged with Shining Laser at Commercial Aircraft](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/airplane-photo.jpg)
Georgia Man Charged with Shining Laser at Commercial Aircraft
A 48-year-old Georgia man has been indicted on federal charges after the FBI said he pointed a laser at three commercial airplanes headed to Savannah-Hilton Head International airport.
![Lengel: Biden Needs to Assure Americans He’ll Rehire FBI Director Christopher Wray If Trump Fires Him](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-06-at-7.46.16-AM.png)
Lengel: Biden Needs to Assure Americans He’ll Rehire FBI Director Christopher Wray If Trump Fires Him
By Allan Lengel The FBI has taken a beating over the last four years. Yes, it hasn’t always been perfect. But that being said, it remains the preeminent law enforcement agency that deserves far better treatment than it has gotten from President Trump. Trump fired Director James Comey, and there’s been talk of doing the…
![Convicted Sex Offender Threatened to Blow Up FBI Building, Kill Democrats, Prosecutors say](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/police-line.jpg)
Convicted Sex Offender Threatened to Blow Up FBI Building, Kill Democrats, Prosecutors say
A convicted sex offender from New York City was arrested Tuesday after authorities said he threatened to “blow up” an FBI building and called for the “extermination of anyone that claims to be a democrat” on social media.