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DEA’s #2 Person, Thomas Harrigan, Retires to Join the Private Sector
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Thomas M. Harrigan, DEA’s number two person who was confirmed by the Senate as deputy administrator in March 2012, has retired from the agency to join the private sector. Harrigan stepped down at the end of December. Harrigan joined the DEA in 1987 and was first assigned to the New York…
FBI, Facebook Partner to Issue Amber Alerts to Social Media Users
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A lot more people are going to learn about missing children after the Justice Department created a partnership with Facebook to send AMBER alerts to its users, WJCL reports. A similar deal was reached with Bing. Attorney General Eric Holder said this is a big step to finding more children before…
Republicans Face Uphill Battle in Halting President’s Immigration Plan
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Republican plan to effectively wipe out President Obama’s new immigration initiatives doesn’t appear to have enough votes, Reuters reports. While the House appears to have the votes to defund the president’s controversial plans, the Senate would need at six Democrats and every Republican to support the GOP plan. That’s not…
Ex-Secret Service Agent Calls President Obama ‘Petulant Child’ in Paris Explanation
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Secret Service Agent Daniel Bongino bashed President Obama for blaming the Secret Service on his decision to bail out on the anti-terrorism rally in Paris, the Daily Caller reports. Bongino, who has become an outspoken conservative, said the president was “acting like a petulant child” for not just admitting he…
Member of Elite Squad of Snipers Pleads Guilty to Plot to Kill DEA Agent
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A member of an international crew of veteran snipers pleaded guilty Tuesday to plotting to assassinate a DEA agent, the New York Post reports. Daniel “Nico” Gogel faces up to 28 years in prison for other crimes including conspiring to kill a confidential informant in Liberia and attempting to import cocaine…
What are the odds? 2 Banks Are Robbed in Houston in 30 Minutes
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Houston is no stranger to bank robberies. But two heists within 30 minutes of each other Monday? The FBI is investigating the twin robberies, which don’t appear to be connected for now. The first happened at 9:25 a.m. at Comerica Bank when three men flashed their guns and demanded cash before…
NYPD Takes Precautions After ISIS Threatens Attacks on Law Enforcement
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI bulletin about ISIS encouraging attacks on law enforcement prompted the New York City Police Department to take extra steps to protect its officers, Fox News reports. “Strike their police, security and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents,” the video, released on Twitter by ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammad…
Defiant NYT Reporter James Risen Dodges Testimony in CIA Leak Case After Years of Wrangling
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James Risen, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who pledged to go to jail before revealing a government source, won’t be called to testify in the case of the former CIA officer suspected of being the leak, the Washington Post reports. Since the ex-CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling was charged with leaking the information…