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Justice Department Closes Trayvon Martin Shooting Case without Civil Rights Charges
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The federal investigation into the shooting death three years ago of Trayvon Martin has ended without hate-crime charges against the gunman, George Zimmerman, The New York Times reports. The Justice Department closed the civil rights investigation. The family is devastated, said Benjamin L. Crump, the lawyer for Martin’s family. “This…
Justice Department Threatens to Prosecute Supporters of ISIS on Social Media
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As ISIS turns more to social media to recruit future terrorists, the Justice Department made clear that it would prosecute people who help the extremists spread the message, The Daily Beast reports. What remains unclear is where the government where draw the line between free speech and support of a terrorist…
FBI Names Angela Byers As New Special Agent in Charge of Cincinnati Office
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Cincinnati’s FBI office has a new leader. Angela Byers, who was chief of the financial crimes section of the Criminal Investigation Division at FBI headquarters, was named as the new special agent in charge of the Cincinnati division, The Biz Journal reports. Byers is replacing Kevin Cornelius, who led the office…
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…