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FBI Arrests 6 in Minneapolis, San Diego in Connection with Terrorism Probe
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI terrorism investigation netted six arrests in Minneapolis and San Diego on Sunday. Information was murky early Monday, but a press conference later in the day is expected to shed light on the charges and allegations. “There is no threat to public safety,” Ben Petok, spokesman for U.S. Attorney Andy…
2 Border Patrol Agents Injured in Boat Collision Near U.S-Mexico Border
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Border Patrol agents were injured Sunday evening when their agency boat and another boat collided on the Rio Grande outside of Anzaldaus Park in Mission, Texas, KRGV reports. Both agents were taken to the hospital, one by air, one by ambulance. “First is the agents’ safety. We want to make…
IG Looking at DEA’s Handling of Informant Payments
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA is under examination for its handling of informant payments. The Department of Justice’s Inspector General probe comes as the DEA spends more money on informants. The DEA spent $33 million last year on informants but has done a poor job in the past tracking the money, wrote The Pittsburgh…
Anne Applebaum: What FBI Director James Comey Got Wrong about His Speech on the Holocaust
By Anne Applebaum Washington Post The Polish ambassador to Washington has protested, the Polish president has protested, the speaker of the Polish parliament (to whom I am married) has protested — and the U.S. ambassador to Warsaw has apologized profusely. Why? Because James Comey, the director of the FBI, in a speech that was reprinted in The Post arguing for more Holocaust education,…
FBI Pulls Cybersecurity Expert from Plane After Blowing Whistle on Vulnerabilities
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A cybersecurity expert who recently exposed vulnerabilities in airplane technology systems is now a target of the FBI, Fox News reports. Chris Roberts, of the Colorado-based security firm One World Labs, said two FBI agents and two uniformed cops removed him from a commercial flight after landing in Syracuse on Wednesday…
Man Flies Gyrocopter to Lawn of U.S. Capitol Without Being Detected
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are trying to determine how a small gyrocopter managed to fly unnoticed to the lawn of the Capitol in Washington. A Florida postal carrier was charged Thursday with crimes related to flying the plane through protected airspace, The Chicago Tribune reports. Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson said the gyrocopter “literally…
James Comey: Why I Require FBI Agents to Visit Holocaust Museum
By James Comey FBI Director I believe that the Holocaust is the most significant event in human history. And I mean “significant” in two different ways. It is, of course, significant because it was the most horrific display in world history of inhumanity, one that simply defies words and challenges meaning. I was born into…