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One Border Agent Killed, Another Injured in On-Duty Crash in Arizona
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Border Patrol agents were on duty when their vehicle rolled over in Arizona, killing one of them and injuring another. The Arizona Daily Star reports that tread separation contributed to the accident at 7:40 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 10 about eight miles east of Benson. The agents were rushed to the…
FBI Agent: LA County Jail Deputies Forced Inmates to Fight While Being Filmed
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The federal investigation of the Los Angeles County jails involved “dozens, if not hundreds” of allegations of violence at the hands of deputies, an FBI agent testified Wednesday. The Los Angeles Times reports that inmates claimed they were assaulted by guards and were forced to fight, sometimes while being filmed. FBI Special…
Feds Prepare Release of Thousands of Investigative Files on Folk Singer Peter Seeger
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Beloved folk singer Pete Seeger was subject to secret FBI and CIA surveillance since the 1940s and was even blacklisted for his political beliefs in the McCarthy era. Since Seeger’s death in January at the age of 94, the National Archives and Records Administration has been preparing to release thousands of investigative…
Puppies Lester And Lugo Are on Way to Becoming Part of Border Patrol K-9 Units
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Meet Border Patrol’s two newest enforcers – Lester and Lugo. The 4-month-old Belgian Malinois dogs arrived at the Yuma Sector K-9 unit this week, Yuma News Now reports. “Canines have been used in the Border Patrol as far back as the 1950s, but the current Yuma program started in 1986 with four…
Supreme Court: Secret Service Agents Immune from Protest Lawsuit Involving President Bush
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Supreme Court halted a lawsuit that alleges unequal treatment by Secret Service agents. The Washington Post reports that the court unanimously ruled that agents were immune from the lawsuit because they were responsible for distancing protesters from then-President George W. Bush following a 2-0-4 campaign event in Jacksonville, Ore. “The maintenance…
Herald-Review Editorial: Perpetual Fears of Terrorism Feed Budget Increases
Editorial By Herald Review James Comey became FBI director last year, at a time when Osama bin Laden was dead, terrorism at home was on the decline and the United States was shrinking its inflammatory presence in the Muslim world. So naturally, he says the danger is way worse than you think.Referring to al-Qaida groups…
Member of Gambino Organized Crime Family to spend Life in Prison on Racketeering Charges
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A member of the Gambino organized crime family was sentenced to life without parole for racketeering charges that span more than thee decades. Bartolomeo Vernace was found guilty of all nine racketeering acts, a 1981 double homicide, heroin trafficking, robbery and illegal gambling. “For more than four decades, the defendant dedicated his…
Celebrity Hacker Helped Prevent More Than 300 Cyber Attacks As Informant
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has used celebrity hacker “Sabu” to imprison his friends and prevent prevent more than 300 cyber attacks against the U.S. military, NASA and media companies in the past three years, CNN reports. Hector Monsegur, who used the Sabu moniker online, helped crack down on hacking collectives Anonymous and LulzSec. In…