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FBI, Homeland Security Warn of ISIS-Inspired Attacks in U.S. Following Airstrikes in Syria
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and Homeland Security are warning that ISIS-inspired Americans or visitors may try to launch a domestic attack in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes against extremists in Syria, CBS News reports. The agencies issued bulletins that urged law enforcement to “be vigilant.” ISIS and other terrorist groups have been recruiting Americans….
Federal Prison Population Drops for First Time in Decades Under AG Holder
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For the first time in several decades, the federal inmate population has decreased, the Associated Press reports. The Justice Department revealed that roughly 4,800 fewer inmates were incarcerated last year than the year before. Attorney General Eric Holder said he anticipates the inmate population to be about 250,000 next week, which…
6 Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies Sentenced Up to 41 Months in Prison for Interfering with Civil Rights Investigation
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Six deputies for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department were sentenced Wednesday to up to 41 months in prison for interfering with a federal civil rights investigation at a jail. The federal judge told the defendants that they lacked “courage to do what is right” and showed no remorse. The sentencing follows…
Army Veteran Who Jumped White House Fence Previously Found with Weapons, Map to White House
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Army veteran who climbed over a White House fence and made a mockery of security was twice interviewed by Secret Service agents earlier this summer in Virginia and Washington, the Associated Press reports. Yet during those interviews, the Secret Service determined Omar J. Gonzalez was not a security threat. The…
Americans Who Fought Alongside ISIS Terrorists are Back on U.S. Soil
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has its eye on Americans who fought with ISIS terrorists and are now back on U.S. soil, the Daily Mail reports. The news comes 10 days after a U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop acknowledged there were 40 “foreign fighter” jihadis on U.S. soil. “The FBI is looking at them,” a…
GSA Takes Search for New Headquarters to First of Three Possible Sites
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s search for a new headquarters has begun a new phase. The General Services Administration is hosting public meetings to gauge interest in relocating the FBI’s Washington headquarters. The first stop is Springfield, the Washington Business Journal reports. http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/breaking_ground/2014/09/gsa-takes-the-fbi-headquarters-search-on-the-road.html The other locations are Greenbelt and Landover. The meetings are meant…
ATF Criticized for Plan to Require Gun Owners to Identify Their Ethnicity on Records
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If the ATF gets its way, new gun owners will have to identify their ethnicity on firearm records. But lawmakers in the House have introduced a bill to eliminate that controversial requirement, The Hill reports. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., demanded answers. “The right of law-abiding citizens to own firearms is an…
Opinion from the Boston Globe: Secret Service Should Not Cordon Off White House After Jumper Incident
By Kathleen Kingsbury Boston Globe Last Friday, a man with a knife was able to jump the White House fence on Pennsylvania Avenue and make his way into the president’s residence. The intruder allegedly had more than 800 rounds of ammunition in his car, a federal prosecutor said on Monday. In response, the Secret Service…