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Elite FBI Team Rescues Kidnapped Man from Atlanta Apartment Late Wednesday
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a daring rescue mission late Wednesday, the FBI saved a man being held in an Atlanta apartment. The News & Observer reports that Frank Arthur Janssen, 63, was rescued unhurt by an elite rescue team. It was unclear this morning whether arrests have been made. Janssen went missing after coming home…
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Middle School Gang Suspected of Mob Violence in Downtown Louisville Last Month
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three hours of mob violence in downtown Louisville last month was perpetuated by a gang of middle school students who call themselves “Young ‘N Off that,” or YNO. Louisville Courier-Journal reports that the students are “armed in a major way” and belong to several different schools after it started at Frost Middle…
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Border Patrol Agent Taken to Hospital After Head Slammed into Tree By Illegal Immigrant
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 39-year-old Guatemalan suspected of entering the country illegally is behind bars after slamming a Border Patrol agent’s head into a tree branch in Texas early Sunday morning. The agent, who was identified only as J.C., was taken to a hospital for lacerations on his face, but the injuries are not life-threatening,…
![Gunmaker Sues ATF, Saying Feds Wrongly Classified Its ‘Muzzle Brake’ a Silencer](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/muzzle-brake.jpg)
Gunmaker Sues ATF, Saying Feds Wrongly Classified Its ‘Muzzle Brake’ a Silencer
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A gunmaker is suing the ATF for claiming the company is selling a gun silencer. Gunmaker Sig Sauer said that the ATF wrong classified its “muzzle brake” as a silencer. “If classified as a silencer, no market exists for the subject device given that it will not silence, muffle, or diminish the…
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AG Holder: ATF’s Use of People with Mental Disabilities in Stings ‘Is Crazy’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder lashed out at the ATF’s use and treatment of people with mental disabilities in undercover stings, saying he is “greatly troubled” by the information, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. “The notion that you would use mentally unstable people, you would tattoo them, that you would do ridiculous…
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Senate Confirms 2 Key Nominees for Top-Level Homeland Security Posts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Senate confirmed two key nomination on Monday – Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Frank Taylor to be DHS undersecretary for intelligence and analysis and Dr. Reggie Brothers to Homeland Security’s under secretary for Science and Technology, HSToday.us reports. Brothers led oversight of the Department of Defense’s cyber portfolio as the former deputy…
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Rev. Sharpton Admits He Helped FBI: ‘I’m a Cat. I Chase Rats’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Rev. Al Sharpton lashed out at critics who are calling him a rat for helping the FBI go after Mafia figures in the 1980s. At a news conference in Harlem, Sharpton said he “did what was right” when he helped an FBI task force – the “Genovese Squad” – pursue violent…
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FBI Urged to Help Investigate Gunman Targeting Vehicles in Metro Kansas City
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Local authorities are urging the FBI to help investigate at least 13 cases of cars in and around Kansas City being targeted by a shooter. Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Forte met with the FBI about the mysterious shootings, which have injured three people so far, Time reports. “Some of the people…