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FBI Trained Alaskan Residents to Become Informants to FBI in Event of Invasion
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Fearing the Soviet Union was planning to attack Alaska in the 1950s, the FBI trained Alaskan residents so become informant behind enemy lines, according to declassified documents, reports RT.com. The initiative did not include women or native people, like the Native Americans. At the time, the FBI feared that the Soviet…
FBI Investigates Hacking, Leaking of More Than 100 Nude Photos of Celebrities
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating who hacked and leaked nude photos of more than 100 well-known celebrities over the weekend, the Business Insider reports. The hacker exposed the nude photos and videos using the internet forum 4chan. Some of the victims, including Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence, sparked the FBI investigation by calling…
Opinion: Homeland Security Doesn’t Need to Arm Cops to Fight Average Americans
Trevor Timm The Guardian For three weeks and counting, America has raged against the appalling behavior of the local police in Ferguson, Missouri, and for good reason: automatic rifles pointed at protesters, tank-like armored trucks blocking marches, the teargassing and arresting of reporters, tactics unfit even for war zones – it was all enough to…
Weekend Series on Law Enforcement: A Documentary on the U.S. Secret Service
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Mexican National Accused of Fatally Shooting Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent Faces More Charges
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican national accused of shooting an off-duty Border Patrol agent during a robbery in Texas was charged with additional crimes related to more robberies Thursday, the Monitor reports. Gustavo Tijerina, 30, was charged with seven counts of aggravated armed robbery and three counts of engaging in organized criminal activity in…
Ex-Special Agent in Charge of Milwaukee’s FBI Office Accused of Pressuring subordinate to lie under oath
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The former head of the Milwaukee FBI office is accused of urging an agent to commit perjury and grilling subordinates for talking with investigators, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The Office of the Inspector General believes Teresa Carlson likely lied when she was questioned and may have violated federal law by telling…
Wisconsin’s DOJ Delayed Child Pornography Investigations for Months, Records Show
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Wisconsin Department of Justice delayed investigations of child pornography tips for months, the Post Crescent reports. Criticism of the DOJ’s Internet child pornography unit mounted in March, when Milwaukee Special Agent-in-Charge Willie Brantley was fired and Special Agent Anna King resigned. It was discovered that nearly four dozen cases languished…
Sen. Grassley Demands Answers from DEA about ‘Brutal Captivity’ of College Student
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Sen. Chuck Grassley wants answers. The Republican from Iowa is demanding details of the treatment of Daniel Chong, who was detained and deprived of water and food for five days, the Hill reports. “The American people still do not know the full details about Mr. Chong’s mistreatment and abuse,” Grassley wrote….