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Alcohol Played Role in Boat Crash That Killed 2 FBI Employees Near Cincinnati
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Alcohol played a role in a boat crash that killed two FBI employees on the Ohio River near Cincinnati in September, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. The off-duty employees, Bryce Eastlick, 28, and John Stack II, 29, were killed after their 19-foot boat smashed into a massive barge on Sept. 25. “The…
Notorious Ex-FBI Agent John Connolly May Not Be Leaving Prison Anytime Soon
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Connolly, the former Boston FBI agent who helped gangster James “Whitey” Bulger and was convicted of murder, likely won’t be leaving prison anytime soon. The Miami Herald reports that the Third District Court of Appeals decided this week to hear the prosecution’s case for keeping Connoly behind bars following the…
Yankees Slugger Alex Rodriguez Told DEA He Used Banned Performance Enhancing Drugs
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just two weeks after New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez issued a statement in which he adamantly denied using performance enhancing drugs, the baseball player admitted to the DEA and prosecutors that he had in fact used the ban substances, the Washington Post reports. “I have been clear that I did…
Retired FBI Agent Publishes Book That Blasts Quality of Bureau’s Training Academy
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired FBI special agent has published a book in which he describes his inadequate training at a new agent class at the academy in Quantico, Va., the Officer.com reports. Entitled “FBI: Animal House,” the book alleges that the training was subpar and didn’t rise to the level of education by…
Justice Department Releases 64,000+ Pages of Fast & Furious Documents to U.S. House
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After resisting for years, the Justice Department finally sent Congress 64,280 pages of documents involving the botched Fast and Furious investigation on Tuesday, the Washington Times reports. The disclosure prompted Republicans to assert that President Obama was acknowledging he had withheld the documents illegally by claiming executive privilege. The House of…
Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Emerges As Top Candidate to Replace AG Holder
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The next U.S. attorney general may be the deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department, the New York Post reports, citing “well-placed sources.” The short list of candidates to replace Attorney General Eric Holder is Alejandro Mayorkas, a Cuban-American lawyer. “He’s one of the top candidates. He has all the qualifications…
DEA Agent Publishes Memoir Detailing Action-Packed Fight Against Mexican Drug Cartels
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mike Vigil knows a thing or two about the secret world of anti-drug agents. The DEA’s former chief of international operations, Vigil spent 18 years abroad as an agent, Global Post reports. Now he’s sharing that experience in a new memoir called “Deal.” The book is packed with thrilling observations and…
TSA: Number of Guns Discovered at Airports Increases for Third Straight Year
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of guns seized at airport security checkpoints has increased for the third straight year, Skift reports. Security already discovered more guns this year than it found all of last year. The number of guns reached more than 1,813, which is how many guns were discovered in 2013. In 2012,…