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Letter by Jail Inmate Prompted Wide-Sweeping Investigation of L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputies
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What turned into the largest mass arrests of L.A. County sheriff’s officials in decades began with a single letter from a jail inmate, the Los Angeles Times reports. FBI Agent Leah Marx testified that the probe began in June 2010 when a county jail inmate detailed a pattern of violence by deputies….
Ex-Former Border Patrol Agent Indicted for Second Time Over Proceeds from Cocaine Operation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former U.S. Border Patrol agent has been indicted – for the second time in a superseding indictment. Raimundo Borjas was issued with a revised indictment that charges whim with 10 counts of money laundering on top of the original charges of trying to avoid detection of deposited funds, the Arizona Daily…
Secret Service Agent to Receive Lifetime of Civic Leadership Award After Harrowing Account with JFK’s Assassination
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Although Clint Hill was one of the closest witnesses to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the former Secret Service agent said he would never divulge the harrowing account publicly, especially not in a book, the Marin Independent Journal reports. Hill, who is now 82 and lives in Tiburon, Calif., said…
FBI Agent Who Fatally Shot Chechen in Florida Apartment Has Troubled Law Enforcement Past
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI agent who fatally shot Ibragim Todashev in his small Orlando apartment last year has a troubling, controversial history as a former officer for the Oakland Police Department in California, the Boston Globe reports. Not much was known about the agent who killed the Chechen friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect…
Two Democrats Criticize Obama Administration for Handling of NSA Spying
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Democratic senators are accusing the Obama administration of trying to “ignore or justify” factual misrepresentations to the Supreme Court about warrantless surveillance by the National Security Agency. The New York Times reports that the senators, Mark Udall of Colorado and Ryan Wyden of Oregon, complained in a letter to Solicitor General…
Hundreds of People Contact FBI about Teacher Suspected of Drugging, Molesting Boys
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities aren’t certain how many children have been victimized by a teacher who has been accused of drugging and molesting boys over four decades at schools worldwide. But the FBI is beginning to get a better idea after hundreds of people have contacted the bureau since investigators announced last month that William…
Book by FBI Specialist Offers Good Advice on Building Rapport with Suspects, People
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Looking to build a better a rapport with people or suspects? Robin Dreeke, head of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, offers a breakdown of his methods in a book called, “It’s Not All About ‘Me:’ The Top Ten Techniques for Building Quick Rapport with Anyone.” His methods include establishing artificial time…
Secret Service Director: Full Investigation Needed After Agents Forced to Abandoned White House Posts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service wants a full investigation launched into claims that agents were forced to leave their posts protecting the White House complex in 2011 so they could monitor a friend of the agency’s former director. The Washington Post reports that Director Julia Pierson is calling for Homeland Security’s new inspector general…