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FBI: Were Americans Involved in Terror Attack at Kenyan Mall?
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to determine whether as many as five Americans were part of a team of terrorists who took over a Kenyan mall over the weekend, unleashing an attack that led to the death of at least 68 people, NBC News reports. The probe comes after a group purporting to…
New FBI Director Comey Is Battling More Than Crime in First Weeks in Office
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just two weeks into his job at the helm of the FBI, James B. Comey is combating more than global terrorism, government corruption and organized crime. The budget sequester is forcing the bureau to reduce its $8.1 billion budget by $800 million, adding to the list of pressures on the FBI, the…
FBI Busts Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy for Selling Pot Out of Squad Car
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Georgia sheriff’s deputy is accused of peddling pot from his squad car. The FBI said Darrell Mathis, 40, sold a pound of marijuana to an undercover agent and then coordinated a drug-selling scheme with another agent, the New York Daily News reports. That scheme involved Mathis transporting pot to another state,…
ATF, Already Struggling to Show Relevancy, Snubbed in Navy Yard Shooting Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Although the ATF is tasked with tracing guns used in crimes, the agency was virtually left out of the Navy Yard shooting investigation, CBS News reports. That task was given to the FBI, which located the store where the gun was purchased within a few hours of the shooting. It was unusual…
Did FBI Conduct Warrantless Wiretapping of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack?
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI was listening to Trenton Mayor Tony Mack’s cell phone calls for nearly six months under the authority of a court. But that authorization ended two days after agents raided Mack’s home last summer, the NJ.com reports. Government records now suggest agents continued to tap Mack’s phone, raising major questions surrounding…
FBI Prohibited from Entering Libya to Arrest Terror Suspects
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Libyan government is barring the FBI from arresting suspects in last year’s deadly terror attack on the U.S. that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, CNN reports. A top State Department official delivered the news to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday. Republicans expressed shock that…
FBI: Windy City Became Murder Capital of U.S. in 2012
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Chicago led the nation in the sheer number of murders last year with 500, eclipsing even New York, which has a much larger population. The FBI statistics released this week show that New York City had 419 murders, followed by Detroit with 386 and Philadelphia with 331 last year. But on a…
Washington Navy Yard Shooter Was ‘Wondering Around Looking for People to Shoot’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis was “wondering around looking for people to shoot” and didn’t appear to have specific targets, new FBI Director James Comey said, NPR reports. It was Comey’s first public comments since taking office this month. Comey said Alexis used a legally purchased sawed-off shotgun. When he ran…