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San Diego Park Improvements Become Impediments for Border Patrol
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Enhancements at a San Diego park have caused an unusual rift between the Border Patrol union and city park officials. NBC San Diego reports that wooden bollards were placed around the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park in 2013 to prevent cars from driving into the park. But those roadblocks are now impeding…
Report: FBI Mishandled Communication During Sony Pictures Hack
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The major hacking of Sony Pictures drew remarkably little consultation or collaboration between Sony and the FBI despite the high-profile attack, Fortune reports. As agents and company executives scurried to respond to the attack, they did so internally. The FBI, for example, withheld information and didn’t advise Sony on how to…
Bloomberg View: Republicans Must Prevent Halting of Homeland Security Budget
By Bloomberg View Editorial Now that they’re back in Washington after a weeklong break, Senate Republicans should make their first order of business something they’ve been wanting to do for a long time anyway: saying goodbye to their least favorite member of President Barack Obama’s cabinet, Attorney General Eric Holder. The problem is that giving…
Obama Administration Refuses to Label ISIS Terrorists As Islamic Radicals
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration has done away with the term “radical Islam.” President Obama and others in his administration refused to use the term during a White House summit on combating what they preferred to call “violent extremism,” The Washington Times reports. On Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson defended the administration’s…
FBI Downplays Terror Group’s Calls for Attacks on Malls in U.S
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and Homeland Security are downplaying a threat by a Somali-based terror group to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada and United Kingdom, CNN reports. U.S. officials said there are no credible threats of an attack, but still cautioned shoppers to be careful. “If anyone is planning to go…
Obama Adminstration Slow at Cracking Down on Border Patrol Shootings
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration’s pledge to discipline Border Patrol agents who use excessive force is nearly a year old and hardly any progress has been made, The Los Angeles Times reports. Shooting cases remain unresolved and undisciplined. A review panel tasked with making recommendations has yet to do so. And internal affairs’…
FBI’s Obsession with ‘Louie Louie’ Made the Song an Anthem for Rebellious Youths
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The song “Louie Louie,” which turns 60 years this year, may not be as popular today if not for the FBI’s obsession with it during the 1960s. The Tampa Tribune recalls the bureau’s countless hours spent trying to find something profane in the lyrics. “Agents at the Tampa FBI office…
Transportation Security Officers Closer to Working Without Paychecks
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If Congress doesn’t fund Homeland Security by Friday, transportation security officers will be forced to go to work without pay. NPR reports that officers won’t get paid until lawmakers find a way to fund the department amid a budget showdown with President Obama over his immigration plan. http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2015/02/23/388338500/for-tsa-officers-congress-inaction-on-funding-could-hit-home DHS employees who…