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Garland Police Say They Never Received FBI Warning of Threat
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the biggest criticisms of federal law enforcement in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, was the lack of communication that could have helped authorities foil the attack. But the communication lapses continue, most recently when police in Garland, Texas, never received an FBI bulletin that specifically warned of one…
Judge Halts Case Amid Claims FBI Threatened Witness in Oklahoma City Bombing Case
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal judge has postponed a civil case involving the Oklahoma City bombing following claims that the FBI had threatened a witness in an attempt to keep him from testifying, Fox 13 Salt Lake City reports. U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups appointed a “special master” to monitor the investigation, which is…
Video: Border Patrol Agent Tases Woman Who Was Asserting Her Rights
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jess Cooke is a criminal justice major with a dream of becoming a Border Patrol agent. But the 21-year-old may reconsider that decision after she was tackled, tased and handcuffed during an argument over her rights with a Border Patrol agent at an immigration checkpoint in New York. Agents sad Cooke…
Robbery Suspect Shoots FBI Agent in Leg, Turns Gun on Self
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A suspect in a Colorado bank robbery shot an FBI agent in the leg and then fatally turned the gun on himself Friday afternoon. KUSA-TV Denver reports that the agent, whose identity has not yet been released, was not seriously injured and was treated at a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries…
Homeland Security Chairman Suggests Terrorism ‘Has Gone Viral’
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The House Homeland Security chairman suggested terrorism “has gone viral” because of the accessibility of the Internet, where terrorist groups are recruiting new members. “I think there’s been an uptick in the stream of threats out there,” Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said. “It’s very concerning.” McCaul only needed to…
Former DEA Head Thomas A. Constantine dies at age of 76
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Thomas A. Constantine, the former tough-talking chief of the DEA, died May 3 at a hospice in Pinehurst, N.C., the Washington Post reports. He was 76. Constantine. who died after getting a staph infection, was chosen as the head of the DEA by President Bill Clinton in 1994 after the former…