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Concern Over San Fran Police Cooperating With FBI
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The relationship between the FBI and the San Francisco Police Department is coming under some scrutiny by civil rights advocates and local legislators, reports the San Francisco Examiner. Supervisor Jane Kim introduced an ordinance Tuesday to prohibit police that work with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force from collecting information about…
FBI: Israeli Consulates Targeted with (Harmless) White Powder Letters
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A series of “suspicious letters” with white powder have been turning up at several Israeli consulates over the past few days, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “There’s a lot of white powder letters that are going to Israeli consulates around the country,” Chris Allen of the FBI said late Tuesday. “There…
FBI: Convicted Terrorist Sought Hits on Witnesses
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The first rule about homegrown terrorist plots: don’t talk about homegrown terrorist plots. Or so goes the code of a North Carolina prisoner recently sentenced on terrorism charges; federal court documents now allege the man plotted to kill witnesses that testified against him, including by decapitation, reports the Associated Press. An…
Column: Retired ATF Official Warns that Law Enforcement Must Look Forward in the War on Terrorism
James Cavanaugh was an ATF agent and supervisor for 33 years before retiring in 2010. By James Cavanaugh For ticklethewire.com Law-enforcement, security and intelligence professionals must have a forward-looking approach in the current climate of world events. Now is the time for police and intelligence personnel to think critically about the year ahead. While…
FBI Arrests 4 New Haven, Conn. Cops in Racial Profiling Case
Four East Haven “bullies with badges” arrested: wtnh.com
Trial Begins for Former Louisiana Mayor
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a former Louisiana mayor charged with a number of crimes, reports theadvertiser.com. George L. Grace, the former Mayor of St. Gabriel, La., in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area, faces charges of racketeering, extortion, obstruction of justice, false statements, bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and…
FBI: Violent MS-13 Gang Members in Custody, Facing Murder and Other Charges
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Consider the streets of Suffolk County, N.Y. that much safer: Five members of the violent street gang MS-13 were named in a indictment unsealed on Monday, the FBI announced later that day. The charges include murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, armed robberies, firearms…