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DHS: 150 Border Patrol Agents Sent to South Texas Over Immigration Crunch
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com About 150 Border Patrol agents are being sent to South Texas to help out authorities who are overwhelmed by a spike in illegal immigration from Central America, the Statesman reports. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson made the announcement on his third trip to the Border Patrol’s McAllen station in southernmost Texas in…
Veteran FBI Agent, a Pennsylvania Native, Becomes Director of Office of National Counterintelligence Executive
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Agent William Evanina, who helped investigate the anthrax attacks in 2001 and the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, is moving to a new job, Citizens Voice reports. Evanina has been appointed director of the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, giving him a important role in…
Jason Bateman to Star In, Direct FBI Wedding Comedy at Universal Pictures
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jason Bateman has been named the star and director of an upcoming FBI wedding comedy from Universal Pictures, Time reports. This will be Bateman’s third time as a director. The studio has not yet released a movie title or release time for the movie. Universal purchased the rights for the movie from…
Attorney Finds Errors in Report by Director Freeh on Penn State Abuse Scandal
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An attorney charged with challenging a landmark report on the Penn State University investigation slammed the findings, saying they are inaccurate and misleading, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports. The attorney, Michael L. Bangs, criticized the author of the report, former FBI Director Louis Freeh. Bangs questions every page of the 267-page review…
New York Times Reporter, Author Faces Jail Time If He Refuses to Testify About Book Leak
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A New York Times reporter may face jail time if he refuses to testify about who leaked information to him for a book he wrote on the botched CIA operation in Iran. The New York Times reports that James Risen, author of “State of War,” has steadfastly refused to testify, but he has…
AP: Border Patrol Has Plenty of Agents During Crisis, But They Are in Wrong Places
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Border Patrol may have enough employees to handle the flood of immigration, but the Associated Press found that the agency places too many agents in the wrong places. The AP report indicates that many agents are stationed in areas where crossing activity is slow because of the “constantly shifting migration patterns.”…
FBI Handed British Prosecutors Mountain of Emails from Murdoch’s News Corp.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI gave British prosecutors access to about 80,000 emails from Robert Murdoch’s News Corp. as part of the ongoing phone-hacking scandal involving the media giant, the New York Daily News reports. The news came Thursday as Murdoch was in London dealing with the conviction of one of his former star editors,…
Weekend Series on Crime History: The Detroit Mob
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