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New Documents: FBI Worried Nelson Mandela Posed a Significant Communist Threat
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI closely monitored Nelson Mandela after the Cold War ended, fearing that the South American president was a national security risk, according to documents obtained by Al Jazeera. The records show concerns among the U.S. that Mandela was a possible communist threat after he was released from prison, even as President…
Justice Department Highlights New Immigration Strategy in Wake of Border Crisis
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department launched a two-pronged approach to addressing the surge of illegal immigration from Central America, the Washington Examiner reports. The plan aims to help Central American governments address the growing humanitarian crisis and to speed up immigration cases. The Executive Office for Immigration Review will prioritize cases involving immigrants who…
Residents of Small Arizona Town Stand Up Against Border Patrol Presence
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com People living in a small Arizona town about 20 miles north of the Mexico border are growing increasingly angry about the presence of the Border Patrol. The Associated Press reports that resident of Arivaca are protesting a checkpoint where they say residents’ rights are being violated. Residents also are monitoring interactions between…
White House Gets Added Protection from America’s Beloved Four-Legged Friends
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The White House is using our beloved four-legged friends to help secure the area around the White House, PBS reports. Secret Service recently began deploying specialized canine units among the general public for the first time. “This is just one of the proactive, visible security methods being utilized,” said Secret Service spokesman…
ProPublica: Here’s One Way to Land on the NSA’s Watch List
By by Julia Angwin and Mike Tigas ProPublica Last week, German journalists revealed that the National Security Agency has a program to collect information about people who use privacy-protecting services, including popular anonymizing software called Tor. But it’s not clear how many users have been affected. So we did a little sleuthing, and found that the NSA’s targeting list corresponds with the list…
Breaking: Ex-New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin Gets 10 Years in Prison
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Another ex-big city mayor is headed to federal prison. On Wednesday, C. Ray Nagin, the ex-mayor New Orleans was sentenced to 10 years in prison on corruption charges. He was convicted in February. Nagin was found guilty in February on 20 counts that included kickbacks from contractors seeking city work,…
Roommate of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Surprised by Friend’s Visit
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just hours after the FBI released photos of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, the roommate of one of the accused mass killers said he was surprised when someone came over to retrieve some of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s belongings, the Boston Globe reports. Andrew Dinwell was testifying in the obstruction-of-justice trial of Azamat Tazhayakov,…
Insane Clown Posse Can’t Sue Government Over FBI Gang Report, Judge Rules
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The rap-metal duo Insane Clown Posse has lost its lawsuit against the feds. U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland dismissed the group’s lawsuit against the FBI and Justice Department, saying the government can’t be blamed for any fallout from a 2011 FBI report that classified fans of the group as a “loosely organized…