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Investigators Comb Through Train Wreckage for Clues to Deadly Crash
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigators were combing through the debris from an Amtrak train crash Tuesday night that killed at least seven people and injured more than 200, The New York Times reports. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the probe, will “look at everything that could have led to this occurrence,” lead…
Baltimore Landfill Workers Accused of Taking Kickbacks, Stealing Scrap Metal
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A two-year investigation into the Baltimore landfills has led to the arrests of five employees accused to taking bribes and stealing scrap metal, the Baltimore Sun reports. The workers were arrested and charged in U.S. District Court following several raids. Some are accused of taking bribes from commercial haulers in exchange…
FBI Official to Shake Up DEA After Being Appointed as New Leader
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A top FBI official is expected to take over the troubled DEA following the forced resignation of DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart, the L.A. Times reports. Attorney General Loretta Lynch tapped Chuck Rosenberg, the chief of staff to FBI Director James Comey, as the acting administrator in an effort to shake up…
Help Wanted: Border Patrol to Hire 1,600 New Agents Nationwide
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The federal government wants to hire about 1,600 Border Patrol agents by Sept. 30 to fill vacancies across the country. Applications will be accepted at USAJobs until May 31. There are currently about 20,000 agents assigned across 6,000 miles of border land. Applicants must be under the age of 37 and…
Senate Confirms Sally Yates As No. 2 at Justice Department
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Anger over President Obama’s executive actions on immigration wasn’t enough to prevent the Senate confirmation of a new deputy attorney general on Wednesday. Sally Yates, known for cracking down on crime in Georgia, was confirmed to the No. 2 position in the Justice Department with by a 84-12 vote in the…
FBI Acknowledges It Violated Own Rules by Investigating Pipeline Protesters
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI acknowledged Tuesday that it violated its own guidelines in 2013 by investigating environmental advocates who were protesting the Keystone XL pipeline, The New York Times reports. Agents were investigating claims that some opponents planned to damage part of the existing pipeline, which sends oil from Canada to the Gulf…
Man Who Shot FBI Agent Was Known As ‘Longhorn Bandit’ in Denver Area
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The 19-year-old man who killed himself after shooting an FBI agent was wanted for Denver-area bank robberies, the Denver Post reports. The man, Jesus Emmanuel Avila, was known as the “Longhorn Bandit” and was wanted in about a half dozen Denver-area robberies. At the time of the shooting, FBI agents were…
Powerful Bipartisan Committee Probes Serious Flaws in FBI Lab Research
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A powerful bi-partisan House committee is investigating serious flaws found in FBI labs, McClatchy reports. Leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voiced “grave concern” about recent discoveries that the FBI came to erroneous conclusions on hair analysis that ended up being far from perfect. “The scope of this…