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![Justice Department to Reveal Secret Memo Justifying Drone Strikes Against Americans](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/iStock_000017779474XSmall.jpg)
Justice Department to Reveal Secret Memo Justifying Drone Strikes Against Americans
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When is the government authorized to use drones to kill U.S. Citizens overseas? The Justice Department, which has resisted the release of the information, said Tuesday it won’t block the release of a secret drone memo, the USA Today reports. That decision was made easier because the memo’s author, former Justice Department…
Border Patrol Agents Imprisoned for Killing Unarmed Drug Smuggler Make Controversial Endorsements
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Most politicians don’t boast about endorsements from felons. That’s not the case for Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, who featured in a commercial the endorsements of two former Border Patrol agents who were sent to prison for killing an unarmed drug smuggler, the Dallas Morning News reports. Conservatives have largely opposed the prosecution…
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Cost Overruns, Delays May Kill $3 Billion Project to Build New Homeland Security Headquarters
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The news keeps getting worse for a massive new headquarters for Homeland Security in Washington. The Washington Post reports that the project is now 11 years behind schedule, $1.5 billion over budget and may never be finished. The call for a new, centralized headquarters came in the aftermath of the Sept. 11,…
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Justice Department Criminally Charges Five Chinese Military Officials with Hacking
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has charged five Chinese military officials with cyber-espionage after allegedly hacking into American companies’ computers in an attempt to steal trade secrets. BBC reports that the army officials are accused of stealing trade secrets and internal documents from five U.S. companies and a labor union. China quickly denied the…
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Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Hired Ex-FBI Agent to Investigate Referees Following 2006 NBA Finals
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The owner of the Dallas Mavericks hired a former FBI agent to investigate referees following the 2006 NBA finals in which the Miami Heat beat the Mavericks. The Oregonian reports that owner Mark Cuban was so suspicious and angry after the finals that he hired retired FBI agent Warren Flagg, who spent…
![FBI Informant Who Beat Murder Charges Acquitted Again in Assault Case](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/fbi-logo-large.jpg)
FBI Informant Who Beat Murder Charges Acquitted Again in Assault Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI informant accused of putting his thumb in a man’s eye was acquitted Monday. The acquittal is the second for Kimani Anderson, who was found not guilty of murder in September 2013 in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old, Mass Live reports. Anderson was an FBI informant who helped bring down…
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FBI Agent Turns in Phoenix Boyfriend After Learning About His Shady Past
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Phoenix man is in custody after his girlfriend – an FBI agent – discovered some dirty secrets about him. The Phoenix New Times reports that authorities arrested Caleb Heath VanGrinsven, 31, after leaving the agent’s Phoenix house on May 14. FBI Agent Rachel Herrick said she discovered that her boyfriend “was a…
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Supreme Court to Decide When Federal Employees Can Blow Whistle to the Media
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When is a federal whistleblower allowed to release sensitive information to the public? That’s the question before the Supreme Court, which must decide whether a federal air marshal was unfairly fired for blowing the whistle to the media about a security plan that he disliked, the Washington Post reports. Robert J. MacLean,…