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Stejskal: A Book Review About Baseball, A-Rod and the Steroid Era
Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, and the Quest to End baseball’s Steroid Era , By Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com This is not a traditional book review as those are…
Head of DEA’s Chicago Office Headed to Washington D.C. for No. 3 Job
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jack Riley, the head of the DEA’s Chicago division, is headed to a top post in Washington D.C., the Associated Press reports. The 56-year-old, who has shed light on the influence of Mexican cartels on the Midwest, has been named the DEA’s chief of operations. The No. 3 post at the…
Flood Wipes Out Significant Portion of FBI Documents on Civil Rights, KKK
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A flood has wiped out a good portion of the FBI’s documents on the civil rights era. IO9 reports the discovery was made recently after a professor had requested documents related to the Ku Klux Klan. Those documents – and many more – were destroyed when the FBI’s archives in Alexandria, Va.,…
FBI: New York Man Charged in Terror Plot to Shoot U.S. soldiers, Shiite Muslims
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A New York man is accused of trying to buy guns for the terror group ISIS and has been charged with terrorism-related counts following an FBI investigation, NBC reports. The FBI alleges Mufid Elfgeeh wanted to kill American soldiers and Shiite Muslims in the U.S. He also wanted to recruit potential…
Justice Department to Investigate Extent of Law Enforcement Bias in 5 Cities
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The rash of shootings of unarmed black teens has prompted Attorney General Eric Holder to launch an investigation of law enforcement bias in five not-yet-named cities, the USA Today reports. Holder said the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO., underscored the importance of an investigation. To head the…
LA Times Editorial: Border Patrol Must Take Deadly Shootings More Seriously
By Los Angeles Times Editorial Board The new head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s internal affairs office made a troubling assertion late last week. Since 2004, he said, the agency has apparently taken no disciplinary action against any of its agents who have used deadly force. That follows a report released in February by…
FBI’s Facial Recognition System Reaches ‘Full Operational Capability,’ Ready to Use
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s new facial recognition system is now fully operational, the bureau announced Monday. The Next Generation Identification System also will replace the FBI’s fingerprint identification system. “The IPS facial recognition service will provide the nation’s law enforcement community with an investigative tool that provides an image-searching capability of photographs associated…
FBI’s Washington Field Office Focuses on Returning U.S. Hostages Held by Terrorists
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com American journalist Theo Curtis said he might not be alive if not for the FBI. FBI agents in the Washington D.C. field office had been working on getting Curtis released from Syria, where he had been held by an Islamist group, the Washington Post reports. The FBI “deserves some credit for…