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President Obama’s Unscheduled Forays from White House Testing Nerves of Secret Service
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s unscheduled forays from the White House are causing some stress among the Secret Service, the Hill reports. Obama has been slipping from the safety of his office and taking impromptu walks. “I don’t get a chance to take walks very often,” he told a crowd in New York earlier this…
Utah Man Accused of Plot to Bomb Police Station, Assassinate Cops to Begin Revolt
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 47-year-old Utah man has been arrested on allegations he was plotting to kill police officers and bomb a police station to instigate an uprising against the government, the Associated Press reports. The FBI said John Huggins, who was arrested Thursday, is expected to return to federal court Tuesday after he was…
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Strongly Opposes Proposal to Eliminate ATF
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) on Thursday denounced Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner’s proposal to eliminate ATF and have it absorbed by another agency. “Violent gangs, gun traffickers and active shooters will not take pause while Congress attempts to engage in an unwarranted bureaucratic maneuver that would waste taxpayer dollars and leave the public at risk,” said FLEOA President Jon Adler…
FBI Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Opening of Civil Rights Office in Mississippi
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As violence against black people continued after signing the Civil Rights Act in July 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson turned to the FBI for help. The New York Times reports that Johnson urged then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to open the first office dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Americans. The…
FBI Expects to Soon Release Short List of Potential New FBI Headquarters Sites
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The search for a future FBI headquarters should soon be narrowed down to a short list, the Washington Post reports. Communities and politicians in Virginia and Maryland are watching closely as the FBI looks to build the largest new federal campus in more than 50 years. Once the list is narrowed down…
FBI Agent: Friends of Boston Marathon Bomber Knew About Material to Build Explosives
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Friends of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev knew he had materials to build a bomb, an FBI agent testified Thursday, WBUR reports. The testimony of FBI agent Farbod Azad came during the obstruction trial of Azamat Tazhayakov, who is accused of interfering with the investigation along with two other friends. The…
Border Patrol Halts Flights to San Diego, Saying Backlog of Central American Immigrants Decreasing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol’s plan to alleviate the surge of Central American immigrants along the border of Mexico no longer involves flying children and families to San Diego, the USA Today reports. The federal agency halted the experiment following a protest that blocked busloads of immigrants from reaching a processing facility in San Diego….