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FBI Launches Investigation into Pennsylvania Attorney General
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane has found herself on the other side of the law. After state authorities began investigating her over an allegedly shady deal with a union and trip to Haiti, the FBI is making its own inquiry, The Philadelphia Inquiry reports. Kane is under investigation following allegations…
Border Patrol Veteran of 29 Years Takes Over Office in Maine
Border Patrol in Maine has a new chief.
FBI Arrests Man Accused of Threatening to Blow Up Statue of Liberty
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was no joking matter to law enforcement or the thousands of people who were visiting the Statue of Liberty. A 42-year-old man is accused of claiming to be a well-known terrorist and calling in a threat to blow up the Statue of Liberty, The Hill reports. The FBI and other…
Fogle Friend: Subway Spokesman Often Boasted About Sex with Underage Girls
A Sarasota woman said the FBI knew for years about allegations that now-former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle was interested in underage girls.
FBI: Reputed Klansman Planned to Attack Muslims with Mobile, Radiation-Spewing Weapon
A reputed Klansman from Saratoga County in New York believed he was capable of making a mobile device that would decimate Muslim towns with radiation.
Detroit Prosecutor Clears ICE Agent in Fatal Shooting, Saying Black Lives Matter, But So Do ‘Credible Facts’
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy on Wednesday morning presented a mountain of evidence to defend the actions of ICE agent Mitchell Quinn who fatally shot Terrance Kellom, 20, in late April in Detroit during a raid at his home. He was wanted for armed robbery and other charges. Worthy,…
Border Protection Commissioner Says It’s Impossible Not To Have Some Illegal Entries at Border
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump wants to seal off the border. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske says it’s not possible to keep everyone out of the U.S. “You’re certainly not going to have a border as long as we have with the government of Mexico that…
Judge Gives Rare OK to Discovery in Lawsuit Challenging DEA Bulk Surveillance
By Mark Rumold Electronic Frontier Foundation A federal judge in Los Angeles has given our clients, Human Rights Watch, the go-ahead to take discovery from the government in our ongoing lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the DEA’s bulk surveillance program. Friday’s decision is rare, and it’s a decisive victory—both for HRW and for the general…