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FBI Prepares Furlough Days for Agents if Fiscal Cliff Deal Not Reached
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If the White House and congressional Republicans fail to reach a budget plan, the FBI is prepared to reduce the number of agents working daily on cases, the Wall Street Journal reports. The plan under consideration would give agents one unpaid furlough day roughly on a bi-weekly basis, the Journal reported. That…
Police in Georgia Prepare to Enforce Show-Me-Your-Papers Law
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Police in Georgia are prepared to start enforcing the state’s controversial “show-me-your-papers law” after a federal judge lifted an injunction on it, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The law allows police to check the immigration status of suspects. Anyone believed to be in the country illegally can be detained, the Journal-Constitution reported. Aimed…
Two U.S. Citizens Arrested for Allegedly Planing to Wage Violent Jihad in North Africa
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents arrested two U.S. citizens accused of trying to leave the U.S. for North Africa “to wage violent jihad,” The Los Angeles Times reports. The 25-year-old residents, Mohammad Abdul Rahman Abukhdair and Randy Wilson, were charged Tuesday with conspiring to kill people outside the U.S. The L.A. Times reports the men…
FBI, Facebook Track Down International Crime Ring That Stole $850 Million from Computer Users
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents, with the help of Facebook, cracked one of the largest cybercrime cases in history, arresting 10 people accused of infecting computers with malicious software and then stealing their bank and other personal information worth $850 million, Reuters reports. Agents were assisted by Facebook’s security team after users of the social…
Homeland Security Loaning Drones to Local Police at Increasing Rate
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A North Dakota farm is not where you’d expect to see a Predator drone. But Homeland Security loaned the drones – up to $34 million in value – to local authorities who wanted to spy on a farmer who was engaged in a standoff with police. Since the August 2011 incident, the Washington…
Special Agent in FBI’s Buffalo Office Accused of Flashing a Truck Driver
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A truck driver says a special agent with the FBI’s Buffalo office was driving without pants and making lewd gestures Friday, the Buffalo News reports. If convicted, the agent, John A. Yervelli, 48, faces up to 30 days behind bars. According to a police report, a car driven by Yervelli “pulled up…
FBI Headquarters Sits on Prime Real Estate That Could Fetch Money for New Facility
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s headquarters may be a crumbling eyesore, but it sits on prime real estate – midway between the White House and the U.S. Capitol. With tight budgets, the federal government is hoping it can land big bucks for the space underneath the J. Edgar Hoover building to help offset the costs of…
Former FBI Agent, Wife Face Prison Today in Investment Fraud Case That Targeted Seniors
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent and his wife face prison time Tuesday for preying on seniors in an investment fraud case, the Associated Press reports. John and Sara Graves, of Fredericksburg, Va., were convicted in April of mail fraud, conspiracy and four counts of wire fraud. Prosecutors said the couple opened an investment…