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Review of Beleaguered Secret Service Will Be Led by 4 Former Senior Government Officials
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four former senior government officials will head up an independent review of the beleaguered Secret Service, Washington Times reports. The review panel will include two former officials for former President George W. Bush and two who have served under President Obama. The panel is expected to submit its findings and recommendations…
FBI Director Comey: ‘You Cannot Trust People in power,’ Question Authority
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said it’s important that the government have the authority to access any American’s phone, he said in a “60 Minutes” interview. The New York Daily News reports that Comey struck a balanced tone, saying he also thought it was important for Americans to be “deeply skeptical” of…
NYPD’s Use of ‘Broken Windows’ Crime-Fighting Strategy Comes Under Fire
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is mulling whether to investigate NYPD’s use of the controversial crime fighting strategy known as “broken windows,” the New York Daily News reports. The Justice Department Civil Rights Division is considering a request from six members of Congress to investigate whether black people and Hispanics are disproportionately affected…
FBI Reports Positive Leads in Search for Americans Who Joined ISIS Fighters
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s appeal for more information on Americans joining ISIS has led to strong leads, ABC News reports. “The FBI tips website that was announced yesterday has received a substantial number of web visits, some of which have generated leads,” another FBI official said Thursday. “We continue to call on the…
FBI Director Comey: ISIS Has Demonstrated No Resources to Attack America
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Does ISIS have the resources to strike the U.S.? FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that the terrorist organization has shown no “capacity or resources” to pull off such an attack, the Courier-Journal reports. Comey dismissed suggestions that the Obama administration missed the emergence of ISIS. “From the FBI’s perspective, I…
ATF Badge, Gun Emerge from Drought-Dry Dam in California After 22 Years
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A fisherman’s catch in a drought-dry dam at Castaic Lake in California was quite the surprise. Instead of pulling out a fish, the Castaic man reeled in a bag containing a gun and badge issued to an ATF agent, CBSLA.com reports. The water line has receded 151 feet, the Los Angeles…
Authorities Caputure Vincente Carillo Fuentes, Head of the Juarez Drug Cartel
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The suspected leader of the Juarez drug cartel, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, was captured in the northern Mexican city of Torreon, Mexican officials announced Thursday, according to the Associated Press. The wire service reported that Carrillo Fuentes, 51, is believed to have headed the cartel founded by his late brother, Amado Carrillo…