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FBI Investigates Who Posted Personal, Financial Information on Government Officials, Celebrities
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to determine who posted private financial and personal information on a website about top government leaders and celebrities such as Mel Gibson and Jay-Z, the Associated Press reports. Even the Social Security number, address and credit report of FBI Director Robert Mueller were posted on the site, which…
Border Patrol Workers Face Up to 40% Pay Cuts under New Budget Reductions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol employees will lose up to 40% of their pay if they are forced to take 14 days of unpaid leave and eliminate overtime, Tucson News Now reports. The agency released a statement: “In order to address the more than half a billion in budget cuts imposed by sequestration, U.S. Customs…
FBI Overreaches to Set Up Potential Terrorists in Phony Attacks
By Business Insider Opinion The Federal Bureau of Investigation has busted an impressive number of homegrown terror plots over the past decade, but many people don’t realize how these plots materialize. In some cases, they are hatched not from a cave-dwelling fanatic, but actually from the Bureau itself. Ever since 9/11, the task of thwarting…
Police and FBI Tracked bin Laden’s Son-in-Law For About 10 Years
By Mark Hosenball Reuters WASHINGTON – U.S. investigators tracked Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, for about 10 years before he was detained in Jordan and brought by the FBI to New York City in the past few days, U.S. officials familiar with the investigation said. An FBI agent and a New…
Iran Says It Wants to Help Find Out About Whereabouts of Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Have we heard this before? The Associated Press reports that Iran’s foreign minister says his country is prepared to help find out what happened to retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished six years ago while traveling to the Iranian island of Kish. Iran has indicated in the past that Levinson…
Unidentified Bodies Stacking Up While Border Patrol Increases Security: 5,513 Found in 15 Years
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Increased security along the U.S.-Mexico border is forcing some migrants to traverse remote deserts with debilitating heat – a reality that leads to deaths. The Associated Press reports that 5,513 bodies have been found in the past 15 years. Critics charge that federal agents are more worried about enforcement than saving lives,…
Congressional Committee to Investigate Search for New FBI Headquarters
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A congressional subcommittee plans to launch an investigation into the FBI’s search for a new headquarters, a move that could delay or derail the project the Washington Business Journal reports. Some in Congress are questioning why the facility needs to be Metro accessible and how to maximize the value of the current…
Secret Service Plans to End Public Tours of White House to Save Money
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service plans to save $2 million by ending public tours of the White House beginning March 9, CNN reports. It’s a small fraction of the cuts that need to be made to absorb $84 million in reduction as part of the sequestration, CNN reported. The Secret Service pays 37 uniformed officers…