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FBI Looks to Hire Hundreds of Special Agents for Various Positions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is on the hunt for a few hundred special agents. Buffalo Business First reports that the FBI is searching for people who speak foreign languages, people with accounting, computer science or IT skills or people with law degrees. “From Aug. 1 to Aug. 15, posting for special agent positions will…
Mexican Man Extradited in Connection to Slaying of Border Patrol Agent
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent has been extradited to the U.S., Reuters reports. Ivan Soto-Barraza is accused of killing Agent Brian Terry in 2010 during a gun battle near the Mexican border in Arizona. Soto-Barraza and five others have been charged in…
Texas Braces for Arrival of Hundreds of National Guard Troops Over Protests
Steve Neavling ticklethwire.com Not long from now, hundreds of Texas National Guard troops will descend on border towns in an unusual show of force. The USA Today reports that some cities are welcoming the troops, who will arrive sporting camouflage and guns. “If anything, [the guardsmen] will send a strong message that our border will…
DEA Leadership Blasted In Report On Student Left In Cell For Days
By Ryan Reilly Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The leadership of the Drug Enforcement Administration comes under fire in a report issued by the Justice Department Office of the Inspector General on the near-death of a college student left in a holding cell for five days. The review finds that DEA leadership “violated Department of Justice…
Off-Duty FBI Agent Gets in Shootout to Avert Attempted Kidnapping in California
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty FBI agent got into a shootout Wednesday with a man accused of an attempted kidnapping at a gym in southern California, leading to a wild pursuit by police, NBC Los Angles reports. The FBI agent, who was wearing gym clothes, intervened in an attempted abduction at an LA Fitness parking…
Accused Murder, Rapist Who Was on FBI’s Most Wanted List Is Captured in Mexico
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives was captured in Mexico and taken into custody Wednesday. The Associated Press reports that José Manuel García Guevara was taken to Louisiana, where he is accused of breaking into a 26-year-old woman’s home, raping her and then fatally stabbing while her 4-year-old stepson was…
Founder of FBI’s Art Crime Team to Speak About Thefts in Iowa
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team was once called “a living legend” by the Wall Street Journal for his work tracking down thieves. The Des Moines Register reports that Robert Wittman, who now works as a private investigator, plans to speak during an Aug. 14 visit to the Des Moines…
USA Today Column: Tough Immigration Rules Backfire, Keeping Migrants Inside US or Locking Them Out
Alex Nowrasteh USA Today President Obama’s recent request for billions of dollars to address the surge in unaccompanied children across the U.S.-Mexico border has ignited fierce criticism. Republicans such as Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas blame Obama’s supposedly lax enforcement policies. Democrats blame the surge on a humanitarian crisis in Central America. While both narratives…