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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…
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…