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Boston Marathon Bomber May Be Sentenced to Most Isolated Prison in U.S.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces two likely, grim possibility – the death sentence or life in one of the most destructive prisons in America, “a place so isolating that it has been called a clean version of hell,” NBC News reports. The United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Colorado, also…
ACLU Raises Concerns About FBI Secretly Using Aircraft to Keep Eye on Baltimore Riots
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has acknowledged that it sent aircraft into the sky to watch over rioting in Baltimore. The news comes after numerous sightings of aircraft over the city. The FBI told the Baltimore Sun that the aircraft was intended to monitor criminal activity. “The aircraft were specifically used to assist in…
Baltimore Mayor Asks for Full-Scale Civil Rights Investigation of Police Department
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In an unusual move for a city, Baltimore’s mayor is asking for a full-scale civil rights investigation into alleged abuse within the police department following a riot over the police-involved death of Freddie Gray and other black suspects. “We all know that Baltimore continues to have a fractured relationship between the…
State Justice Department Employee Accused of Helping Run ‘Fictitious’ Police Department
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A state Justice Department employee was among three people arrested for allegedly operating an underground police force in California. Brandon Kiel, 31, of South Los Angeles, was charged with seven counts of impersonating a police officer and is on administrative leave, SignalSCV.com reports. “We cannot comment on the ongoing personnel matter…
Secret Service Tough Guys? Agents Show Soft Side in Kenya Ahead of Clinton Visit
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service agents have come under heavy criticism over the past few years for reports of wild sex parties, drunken driving and other seedy behavior. But that media attention often misses the positive side of the Secret Service. While preparing for former president Bill Clinton’s visit to Nairobi, Kenya, several agents…
Ex-FBI Agent Ordered to Undergo Psychiatric Exam After Strange Encounter with CIA
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent who confronted officials at NSA and CIA headquarters has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after her bizarre encounter with federal officials, the Associated Press reports. Tunisia Davis, of Alexandria, is being held for a psychiatric evaluation after she was accused of trying to grab an…
Justice Department Blasts DEA for Lax Punishment of Agents Behind Cruel Detainment
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department criticized the DEA for the lax discipline of agents who detained a San Diego college student and left him without food or water for five days, NPR reports. Daniel Chong was handcuffed and left in a dark room during the 2012 detention in which he tried to stay…
Federal Authorities Were Investigating One of the Gunmen at Texas Cartoon Contest
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the gunmen behind the shooting at a Texas cartoon contest that featured images of Prophet Muhammad strongly hinted on Twitter that he was about to get violent about 20 minutes before opening fire, the Chicago Tribune reports. “May Allah accept us as mujahideen,” or holy warriors, he tweeted. One…