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Border Patrol Flies Immigrants to El Paso Because of Influx Causing Long Delays And Bus Drives
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com So many immigrants crossed into South Texas illegally recently that Border Patrol flew many of them across the state for processing in El Paso Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. More than 100 detainees were flown from Brownsville in an effort to speed up processing following an average of 1,000 arrests a day…
DEA-Led Crackdown on Synthetic Drugs Netted 150 Arrests Across 29 States
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA carried out a nationwide crackdown on synthetic drugs early Wednesday, netting 150 arrests and at least $20 million in cash and assets, Time reports. This is the second phase of an operation dubbed “Project Synergy,” which began in December 2012 and went after products marketed as “spice,” “bath salts,” and…
Did FBI Agents Violate Rights of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect During Aggressive Interrogation?
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s interrogation of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev violated his rights while he he lay in pain in a hospital bed immediately following his arrest, his defense lawyers argued in court documents Wednesday. The Chicago Tribune reports that FBI agents ignored Tsarnaev’s 10 requests for a lawyer even though authorities…
Congressman Grimm, a former FBI Agent, Barred from Entering Bureau’s Field Offices
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, who used to serve as an FBI agent, has been banned from the bureau’s New York field offices, DNAinfo New York reports. Just in case Grimm shows up, security posted Grimm’s photo at the offices in Lower Manhattan and Queens. “He is not welcome,” a former top FBI…
ATF’s Scott Sweetow Moving Up to Deputy Assistant Director
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Scott Sweetow, who heads up ATF’s St. Paul, Minn., office is moving up the chain. He”ll be taking over the job as Deputy Assistant Director for ATF’s Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information (OSII). His new responsibilities will include ATF’s partner engagement liaison with the intelligence community, overseeing ATF’s foreign operations…
FBI Agent Arrested on Anti-Terrorism Charges in Pakistan After Ammunition Discovery
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent on temporary duty in Pakistan was arrested on anti-terrorism charges after authorities found ammunition in his luggage as he boarded a plane in Karachi, the Washington Post reports. The agent is being held in jail until at least Saturday as Pakistani officials investigate the discovery Monday of 15 bullets…
FBI Agent Admits He May Have Violated Justice Department Rules in Case of Cuban Immigrants
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent acknowledged on the witness stand Tuesday that he may have unknowingly violated Justice Department guidelines in the case of there Cuban immigrants accused of the theft of drugs and expensive merchandise in the Las Vegas Valley. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that FBI Agent Shay Christensen admitted during cross-examination…
Suspect in Kansas Jewish Facilities Shootings Had Directions to Synagogues in His Home
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents made disturbing discoveries while searching the home of an avowed white supremacist accused of killing three people outside two Kansas Jewish facilities in April. The Associated Press reports that agents found directions to synagogues and kosher places to eat, a copy of “Mein Kampf” and a T-shirt with a swastika…