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Border Patrol Makes Rare Move by Firing Warning Shots from Blackhawk Helicopter
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a rare show of force, Border Patrol agents fired warning shots from a Blackhawk helicopter to stop a panga boat that authorities suspected was smuggling drugs off the San Diego coast, the Associated Press reports. The boat was spotted by the Coast Guard, and men were spotted throwing what authorities…
Secret Service Investigates Shots Fired Outside VP Joe Biden’s Home
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service is trying to determine who fired shots outside Vice President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware on Saturday night, the Washington Post reports. The Secret Service said a vehicle fled the area after firing the shots at the home in the small, wealthy suburb of Wilmington. Neither Biden nor…
Albuquerque Journal Opinion: 9 Months Later, DHS Still a Black Hole
By Michael Coleman Albuquerque Journal The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has no shortage of critics, but few are as fierce – or as informed – as former Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, who retired from Congress this month. In one of his final acts before he left Washington, the former ranking Republican on the…
How U.S. Came to Blame North Korea for Cyber-Attack of Sony
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama and the FBI blamed North Korea for the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November based on information that was collected when the NSA hacked into the country’s computer systems in 2010, the New York Times reports. The NSA eventually was able to penetrate directly into North Korea’s system…
Former FBI Agent Claims He Had Information to Stop 9/11 Attacks
A former FBI special agent said he had information that could have prevented the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks but he said the CIA prevented him from taking the evidence to FBI headquarters, Newsweek reports. Mark Rossini, who lost his job in 2008 for showing confidential FBI documents to actress Linda Fiorentino to help her…
Homeland Security Chief Condemns Republicans for Defunding Immigration Plans
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson sharply criticized Republican efforts to defund President Obama’s new immigration plan, saying an agency that protects the country from terrorists “cannot become a political volleyball,” the Washington Post reports. The criticism follows last week’s decision by House Republicans to approve DHS’ fiscal year 2015 budget, which…
Father of Ohio Man Accused of Plotting Attack on Capitol Building Blames FBI ‘Snitch’
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com How does your son become the suspect in a horrifying plot to spray bullets into a crowd at the Capitol Building? John Cornell still can’t believe his 20-year-old son, Christopher Lee Cornell, was arrested in an FBI raid on allegations that he bought two M-15 semi-automatic rifles and about 600 rounds…