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Undercover FBI Agent Denies Spending Tax Dollars on Prostitutes in the Philippines
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An undercover FBI agent accused of using tax dollars to pay for prostitutes for himself and others while posing as an arms broker in the Philippines denied wrongdoing, the Washington Post reports. “At no time did I pay to have sex with any employee” of the two clubs, according to the declaration…
Snapping Pictures of an Approaching Thunderstorm Raised Suspicions of Volunteer Photographer
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Why would anyone be snapping photos of a storm brewing in Houston, Texas? The FBI was concerned enough to question photographer Michael Galindo about the Sept. 13 pictures near a refinery, reports Opposing Views. Galindo said the answer was simple enough: He was volunteering for the National Weather Service. After someone at…
DEA Leads Biggest Meth Bust in New York History
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New York has had its share of big drug busts. But when it comes to methamphetamine, the state has never seen a bigger one than the 50 pounds seized from a boardinghouse in Westchester County, CBS New York reports. The DEA called it the biggest meth bust in New York State history….
Laser Attacks on Pilots Prompt FBI to Create Nationwide Crackdown
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com To crackdown on the increasing number of people pointing at pilots, the FBI has created a national Anti-Laser Attack Task Force, Gizmodo.com reports. Since 2005, so-called laser attacks, which can temporarily blind a pilot, are up 10 fold, the technology site reported. In fact, the FBI expects 3,700 more attacks by year’s…
Feds to Begin Testing Wider Use of Drones That Could Have Widespread Ramifications
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Homeland Security will test drones – small, unmanned flying spies – to see if they can be used for emergencies, law enforcement and border patrol, Wired.com reports. The testing grounds will be Fort Sill in Oklahoma, where drones will officials will experiment with drones for five days, according to Wired.com. The…
Feds: How Did Friendly Fire End in the Death of a Border Patrol Agent?
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal investigators are trying to determine what went wrong when friendly fire resulted in the fatal shooting of the U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie, the USA Today reports. A preliminary investigation suggests agents became disoriented while responding to a ground sensor near the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the USA Today. “There…
Eight Arrested in Alleged Scheme to Sell Cutting-Edge Military Technology to Russia
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Houston company accused in a scheme to sell high-tech electronics to the Russian military and intelligence agencies told employees to hide information about the technology, the Associated Press reports, citing an FBI agent. In custody are Arc Electronics Inc. owner Alexander Fishenko and seven employees accused of illicitly selling military technology…
FBI Paid $40,000 to Informant Who Helped Bring Down Members of a Neo-Nazi Group
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI paid $40,000 to an undercover informant who infiltrated a neo-Nazi group in Florida and secretly photographed white supremacists, some of whom were arrested last spring, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The informant, Jason Hall, helped determine that the members of American Front were receiving paramilitary training to prepare for an inevitable…