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FBI Hassles Students for Shooting Video Outside FBI Field Office
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two FBI agents paid a visit to the home of a college student after she and two other journalism students shot video outside of the bureau’s field office in San Diego. An FBI spokesman said two agents visited the home because they were concerned about people shooting video outside of the…
FBI Worries about Losing Surveillance Tools Under Expiring Patriot Act
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal investigators are worried they are about to lose surveillance tools that have been valuable in the fight against terrorism. The Associated Press reports that the surveillance is part of the controversial Patriot Act that offered more investigative tools. But those tools are at risk because they are set to expire…
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted for Lying to FBI and Evading Taxes
By CNN Federal officials have indicted former House Speaker Dennis Hastert for lying to the FBI and evading taxes as he sought to pay off the subject to “cover up past misconduct.” The indictment was unsealed in the District Court of Northern Illinois on Thursday. The Justice Department alleges that Hastert made large withdrawals after…
Local Police Help FBI Keep Tabs on Growing Number of Terrorism Suspects
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is struggling to keep track of what appears to be a growing network of ISIS supporters who blend in until the time comes to attack. CNN reports that then NYPD and other local law enforcement agencies are pitching in to search for and investigate ISIS supporters. The most recent…
Justice Department Slams FIFA with 47-Count Indictment
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has unleashed a widespread assault on suspected corruption within FIFA and other soccer organizations on Wednesday. The National Journal reports that the Justice Department unsealed a 47-count indictment that includes racketeering, corruptions and conspiracy. The indictment outlines 12 different schemes over the past 25 years. One includes a…
Column: ATF Doesn’t Need to Be Dissolved; It Needs to be Properly Funded, Managed
Dan Thomasson Las Vegas Sun Here we go again. Rather than fund the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, let’s tear it up and hand it over to the FBI. The cost of that, of course, would be four to six times what just giving the maligned agency the kind of support it needs…
Investigators: American Accused of Trying to Join ISIS Threatened to Kill FBI Agents
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Minnesota man arrested for allegedly trying to travel to Syria to join ISIS told an informant that he’d kill FBI agents if he felt threatened, CBS reports. Mohamed Abdihamid Farah, 21, was among six Minnesota men arrested last month on charges of conspiring to provide material support to foreign terrorists….
FBI Agent Shot Trying to Rescue 9-Year-Old from Kidnapper
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent was shot and wounded while trying to rescue a 9-year-old girl from a kidnapper in a Louisiana hotel Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. The agent was struck in the leg and will survive. The 24-year-old kidnapping suspect, however, died after a member of the FBI task force shot…