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FBI Adds 6 Agents to Indianapolis Office to Fight Violent Crime
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is adding agents to its Indianapolis office to help fight violent crime, Fox 59 reports. Special Agent in Charge W. Jay Abbott, who said he has “a lot of confidence and true hope for our community here in Indianapolis” has added six agent to investigate gang activities and violent…
Republicans Give Up Fight Against Obama’s Immigration Plan with Homeland Security Budget
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After all the outrage and pledges to dig in for a fight against President Obama’s immigration plan, Republicans in the House gave up Tuesday and voted to fund Homeland Security to avoid a partial shutdown of the agency. The New York Times reports that Speaker John A. Boehner built a coalition…
Legalizing Medical Pot in Utah Would Make Bunnies Go Crazy, DEA Agent Insists
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA has proposed numerous reasons to oppose medical marijuana – health effects, lack of motivation, dependency. But the latest reason given by a DEA agent may be the most memorable. Speaking to a Utah Senate panel about a bill that would allow certain patients to consume edible cannabis, Special Agent Matt…
Petraeus Reaches Deal to Plead Guilty to Misdemeanor But Will Likely Not Face Prison Time
By Adam Goldman and Sari Horwitz Washington Post WASHINGTON — Lawyers for David H. Petraeus have reached an agreement with federal prosecutors for the retired general and former CIA director to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge in connection with his handling of classified materials. As part of the agreement, Petraeus admitted to improperly retaining…
FBI Faces $30M Lawsuit in Fatal Shooting of Ibragim Todashev in Florida
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Florida-based Muslim advocacy group is suing the FBI after an agent fatally shot Ibragim Todashev, a Chechen national who was friends with one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, The Boston Herald reports. The Council on American-Islamic Relations is suing for $30 million in the wrongful death lawsuit. “We are…
Ex-Virginia Cab Driver Captured After Being Placed on ‘Most Wanted Terrorist’ List
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Less than two months after the FBI added a Washington-area cabbie to the bureau’s “Most Wanted Terrorist ” list, the Somali-born U.S. citizen was arrested and taken into custody of the Somali government, Reuters reports. Liban Haji Mohamed, 29, was added to the list for allegedly providing support to the Somali-based…
Elite Surveillance Team Accuses FBI of Nepotism, Favoritism at Expense of Investigations
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Members of FBI surveillance teams are getting fed up with what they say are internal politics and nepotism that are distracting from the mission of tracking terrorists, spies and mobsters, The Washington Times reports. The newspaper reviewed FBI memos that showed at least three relatives of FBI supervisors landing jobs…
Denver Post: Republicans Must Stop the Antics over Homeland Security Funding
By Denver Post Editorial Board House Speaker John Boehner seemingly wants radical conservatives in the Republican caucus to stop threatening a pointless, partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security as a response to President Obama’s immigration orders. But if so, there is a simple solution: Let the House vote on the Senate-passed measure. By…