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GOP Lawmakers Consider Ways to Disrupt President Obama’s Executive Actions on Immigration
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While Congressional Republicans pledge to fight President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, there’s little they can do, GOP leaders acknowledged Tuesday. The USA Today reports that Republicans have limited options. “We’re looking at a variety of options, both for right now and when Republicans control both houses of the Congress next…
Wife, Suspected Son of ISIS Leader Arrested in Lebanon with Fake IDs Near Syria Border
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The wife and suspected son of the leader of the Islamic State have been arrested in Lebanon, the USA Today reports. Lebanon officials confirmed the wife and son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were detained bu t didn’t provide more details as of Tuesday morning. The Lebanese daily As-Safir broke the news…
Former CIA Director Petraeus’ Career Comeback May Be Dashed by FBI Investigation
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com By most accounts, David Petraeus is on the rise after losing his job in the wake of an extramarital affair that forced him to resign as director of the CIA. But Bloomberg reports that Petraeus, who has secured a job at the private equity firm KKR, is still under investigation by…
FBI Evidence-Handling Controls Considered Too Lax, Could Jeopardize Drug Cases
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Serious questions have been raised about the FBI’s evidence-handling controls that could be used by defense attorneys to seek reversals on convictions, The Washington Times reports. The problem: The FBI doesn’t have video cameras in some of its evidence rooms, including the Washington field office. The issue was raised by 13…
AG Eric Holder to Unveil Stiff New Racial Profiling Protocols After Ferguson
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Speaking at a church where Martin Luther King once preached, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that he soon will be unveiling stringent new protocols for reducing profiling by federal law enforcement, Time reports. The new protocols would represent the first change to racial profiling guidelines on the federal level in…
Homeland Security Secretary Johnson to Defend President Obama’s Immigration Orders
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has a tough task ahead – defending President Obama’s executive order on immigration to combative Republicans. Fox News reports that Johnson is set to appear today before the House Homeland Security Committee to discuss the executive actions. “The reality is that, given our limited resources, these people…
FBI Helps Search for College Student Who Has Been Missing for 4 Days
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is helping search for a college student who has gone missing for four days in Philadelphia. CBS Philly reports that the bureau’s Violent Crime Task Force is getting involved. Supervisory Special Agent J.J. Klaver said the search won’t be easy. “It’s a real challenge,” Klaver said. “Looking for video…
FBI Warns Military Members That ISIS Wants to Attack Them at Home
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI issued a strong warning Sunday that ISIS and other terrorist groups want to target military members where they live in the U.S., ABC News reports. The FBI and Homeland Security issued a join intelligence bulletin, urging military members to remove anything from their social media accounts that would bring…