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1 Killed, 4 Injured When Boat Carrying Immigrants Collides with Border Patrol Vessel
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A boat packed with undocumented immigrants collided with a Border Patrol vessel in Southern California on Thursday, killing one woman, the International Business Times reports. Border Patrol agents spotted the boat and tried to stop it, but to no avail. The boat capsized and dumped all 20 people into the water,…
FBI Assures Congress That Planes Aren’t Used for Mass Surveillance
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI assured Congress that its plane surveillance program is not intended to perform mass surveillance or bulk intelligence collection, the Associated Press reports. The FBI, however, declined to answer some questions about its planes, including how often they are used and how much they cost. The briefing comes two weeks…
Border Patrol Agents: Government Making It Impossible to Nab Drug Dealers
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents said the federal government is making it impossible to make drug busts, a move that has contributed to a “morale crisis,” the Los Angeles Times reports. “We lack the political will to enforce the law and allow our agency to be effective,” said National Border Patrol Council spokesman…
New York Man Accused of Stabbing FBI Agent Facing Attempted Murder Charges
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A New York man accused of attacking an FBI agent with a large kitchen knife has been charged with attempted murder of a federal employee, CNN reports. Fareed Mumini, 21, allegedly tried to stab the agent several times during a search of a Staten Island home in connection to a terrorism…
FBI Joins Investigation of Mass Shooting at Historic Black Church in South Carolina
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is joining the investigation into the mass shooting at historic black church in Charleston, S.C., late Wednesday. The Associated Press reports that the shooting was being called a hate crime, one reason the FBI was asked to help. FBI Special Agent in Charge David Thomas attended a news conference…
LA Times: Border Patrol Needs to Be Held More Accountable
By Editorial Board Los Angeles Times Two years ago, a scathing independent report by law enforcement experts found that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency had failed to fully investigate all 67 uses of deadly force, including 19 killings, by its agents from January 2010 through October 2012, most occurring along the southwest border…
Obama’s Nominee to Lead TSA Gets Advances After Senate Committee Approval
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s nominee to lead the TSA was approved by a Senate committee following the enforcement of the Commerce Committee less than two week earlier, Bloomberg reports. The Senate Homeland Security Committee approved Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger on a voice vote. The nomination comes at a strenuous period for…
FBI Investigates St. Louis Cardinals for Allegedly Hacking into Astros’ Network
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The St. Louis Cardinals are under investigation by the FBI for allegedly hacking the computer network of the Houston Astros to steal player information, The Washington Post reports. A federal law enforcement official said the investigation is “ongoing” and that there is “a lot of working going into” it. It would…