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Newark Star-Ledger: FBI Surveillance’s Lasting Impact Reminiscent of NYPD’s Snooping in Newark
Editorial Board Newark Star-Ledger In its hunt for terrorists, the New York Police Department hid moles in Newark mosques and sent agents into Paterson bodegas. The spying stayed secret until boxes of documents were leaked to the Associated Press. Here’s what was exposed: The NYPD’s surveillance of New Jersey Muslims never turned up a useful…
FBI, Police Take Novel Approach to Find Man Pointing Laser Beams at Descending Airplanes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When someone began pointing a high-powered laser beam at airplanes descending into Portland International Airport, police and FBI agents were determined to capture the perpetrator. The Oregonian reports that agents and police flew planes over the area after dark until they could determine where the big green light was coming from. After…
Woman Used Superglue to Repair Son’s Genitals After Trying to Pull them Off
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested a civilian at a military base for nearly tearing off her son’s penis and testicles and then using superglue to try fix the injuries, the San Antonio Express-News reports. Jennifer Marie Vargas, 34, was charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury. The father, who is enlisted in the…
Is FBI Racially Profiling? ACLU Loses Court Battle to Find Out
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI does not have to publicly release records on its use of ethnic and racial data, the Star-Ledger reports. The ACLU sued for the records, worried that FBI guidelines foe 2008 were encouraging racial profiling. The guidelines were revised to allow agents to engage in “limited” racial and ethnic profiling, the…
Another Former Detroit Public Official Is Accused of Stealing Millions from Taxpayers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In the latest raid against public corruption in Detroit, the FBI descended on the home and business of a former Detroit Public Schools official, WXYZ reports. The FBI said Carolyn Darden was the district’s director of grants when she helped herself to millions of tax dollars. A federal affidavit accuses her and…
FBI Director Comey Names Bureau’s New National Security Chief
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI officially named Andrew McCabe to its top national security post. The long-time terrorism investigator was promoted to assistant director of the National Security Branch, which oversees terrorism-related intelligence, the FBI announced. McCabe, who began his career in 1996 with the bureau’s organized crime squad in New York, was the…
AG: New Strategies Needed to Respond to Active Shooter Situations
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As police increasingly respond to “active shooter” situations, Attorney General Eric Holder said new strategies must be developed to limit the death toll, CNN reports. Speaking at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Philadelphia, Holder said mass shootings are on the rise. “Although research methods and results vary, it’s…
New FBI Director Comey Warns of Impact of Impending Budget Cuts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Speaking for the first time publicly about the budget challenges, new FBI Director James Comey said it will become increasingly difficult to fight crime because of the spending cuts, CBS Philly reports. Congressional spending cuts may have catastrophic consequences for the FBI as it faces more pressure to fight violent crime and…