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Two Security Screeners Accused of Helping Drug Smuggler Get Meth on Plane
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two security screeners at San Francisco International Airport have been charged with accepting bribes in exchange for allowing smugglers to carry methamphetamine through an airport checkpoint, SFGate reports. According to the federal complaint, Claudio Rene Sunux, 30, of San Francisco, and Amanda Lopez, 27 of South San Francisco, were security screeners…
Did ISIS Supporters Hack U.S. Websites Over the Weekend? FBI Investigates
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the hacking of several business websites in the U.S. that showed a black ISIS flag on the homepage. NBC News reports that the home pages showed the words, “hacked by ISIS, we are everywhere,” with a link to a Facebook page that doesn’t exist. What appeared to…
Weekend Series on Law Enforcement: How the FBI and CIA Secretly Sheltered Nazi War Criminals
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Ooops!! Feds Screws Up; Didn’t Have Court Stenographer in Brooklyn Courtroom During Verdict of Convicted al Qaeda Terrorist
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A source tells The New York Daily News: “I have never heard anything like this happening before — ever.” John Marzulli of the Daily News writes that the court may have to be a do-over of the verdict in the federal Brooklyn trial of convicted Al Qaeda terrorist Abid Naseer. Apparently…
Why FBI Must Do More to Protect Whistleblowers from Discipline
By Michael German Defense One There seems to be a growing consensus that protecting intelligence community whistleblowers is important to national security. More needs to be done to protect them. During his 2013 nomination hearing to be FBI director, James Comey called whistleblowers “a critical element of a functioning democracy” and vowed to protect them from reprisals. He said that “folks have to feel…
Long Standoff with Republicans Ends with President Obama Signing Homeland Security Bill
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The long standoff between Republicans and President Obama ended with a fully funded Homeland Security bill that prevents a partial shutdown. The USA Today reports that the president signed the Homeland Security funding bill Wednesday after Republicans couldn’t come up with the votes to pass an alternative measure. Republicans had hoped…
Secret Service Agent, Deputy Assaulted While Investigating Threatening Tweets about President
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Secret Service agent and sheriff’s deputy were allegedly assaulted while investigating threatening tweets against President Obama. WHIO.com reports that a 19-year-old Clark County, Ohio, man was arrested at his home after being alerted to online threats against Obama, police and other politicians. When the deputy and agent approached Ronald E….
FBI to Open Office in North Dakota’s Oil Country As Crime Increases
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The boost in oil production in North Dakota has brought a lot of wealth – and crime – to the state. The FBI is responding to an uptick in crime by opening an office in the state’s oil country, The Hill reports. The bureau plans to fully staff the Willinston office…