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Judge: FBI Had No Right to Pose As Internet Repairmen to Get Evidence
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents crossed the line when they posed as Internet repairmen to get access to computers in a Las Vegas Strip hotel last summer during an investigation into online gambling, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon in Las Vegas dismissed the evidence collected during the sting, leaving…
FBI Director Comey Tells Police How to Join Dialogue about Race
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey met privately with Connecticut police chiefs Tuesday and encouraged them to become a part of the dialogue about policing and race, the Associated Press reports. Comey described the discussion as productive but declined to discuss specifics. “As you would expect in the Nutmeg State, it was a…
Lawsuit: Does U.S. Constitution Protect Mexicans in Their Home Country?
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Is a Mexican boy shot in his home country protected by the U.S. Constitution? The question is at the center of a lawsuit filed by the family of a Mexican teenager who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent near Nogales, Sonora, in 2012, the Associated Press reports. …
FBI Agent Who Took Down Madoff Becomes Goldman Sachs’ New Cop
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent who has been integral in dozens of insider-trading convictions and oversaw the Bernie Madoff trial is now working for Goldman Sachs Group, Bloomberg reports. Patrick Carroll, 50, who spent nearly 25 years with the bureau, has become the vice president of Goldman Sach’s compliance, surveillance and strategy group….
FBI Investigates Anonymous Phone Threats Against Commercial Airliners
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating anonymous telephone threats against commercial airliners Monday that involved at least six international flights and prompted at least one U.S. military escort, the Associated Press reports. Investigators believe the calls were connected but not credible. Still, authorities took precautions. For example, threats of a chemical weapon aboard…
Border Remains Open Despite Border Patrol’s Best Efforts
Bob Casimiro of Bridgton is former executive director of Massachusetts Citizens for Immigration Reform. By Bob Casimiro Bangor Daily News. It’s a cat-and-mouse game, and the mouse is still winning. In spite of the best efforts of our Border Patrol agents, drugs and humans keep coming across our border with Mexico. I recently returned from my…
Bloomberg: Time to Put ATF Out of Its Misery, Consider Folding into FBI
By Bloomberg Editorial Board Many members of Congress seem to view the U.S.’s most deadly criminals — those who carry guns — as a protected class. For decades, they’ve tried everything imaginable to cripple the agency charged with enforcing federal laws against illegal gun buying, trafficking and possession. Meanwhile, advocates of stricter gun-law enforcement have fought…