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Report: Obama Administration Ignored Warnings of Brewing Border Crisis
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly a year before a flood of unaccompanied children from Central America created a crisis along the border, the Obama administration was warned that the U.S. was not adequately prepared for such a situation, the Washington Post reports. A team of Border Patrol agents was assigned to the Fort Brown patrol station…
FBI Arrests Four Americans Following Fake Sex-Slave Auction in Arizona
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has arrested four American men after setting up a sting featuring a fake sex-slave auction in Arizona, the Wall Street Journal reports. Agents set up the sting after the men expressed an interest in buying sex slaves through an online Malaysian slave trading organization that the FBI had been investigating….
US Sees Fewer Undocumented Central American Children Crossing Border
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of unaccompanied children crossing the U.S. border in South Texas has declined over the past 10 days, authorities said. That’s good news for an agency that has become overwhelmed by a surge of children entering the country without their parents, Fox New reports. Since October, federal authorities have arrested more…
FBI, NTSB Prepare to Investigate Downed Malaysia Airlines Flight
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and NTSB officials are planning to investigate the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which killed 298 people. Authorities believe the plane was struck by a missile over an area controlled by pro-Russian separatists. ABC News reports that the separatists who control the area have agreed to allow investigators access…
FBI Likes, Hates Idea of Driverless Cars For Public Use
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI likes the idea of driverless cars but also fears them, according to a newly released FBI report. While the cars would help chase down criminals, they also would help them flee, the FBI wrote in the report, Forbes reports. According to the FBI, the driverless cars could serve as getaways…
FBI Launches Nationwide Probe into Fungal Meningitis Outbreak That Killed 64
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has launched an investigation into a fungal meningitis outbreak that sickened 751 people nationwide, killing 64, the Tennessean reports. Authorities are blaming the outbreak on contaminated steroids manufactured by a Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center and used in spinal injections as pain relief. Joan Peay of Nashville met with an…
FBI Arrests Passenger Accused of Making Bomb Threats on LA-Bound Flight
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested an airline passenger who claimed he had a bomb, threatened to kill flight attendants and mocked the captain, NBC Los Angeles reports. Kevin Lee Mosele, 20, of Hawaii, appeared in federal court in Los Angeles Tuesday and posted $10,000 bond. He faces up to 20 years in prison on…