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Investigators Trying to Figure Out Why U.S. Soldier Opened Fire at Fort Hood, Killing 3
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigators are trying to determine what prompted an Iraq war veteran to open fire at Fort Hood on Wednesday, killing three soldiers and injuring 16 others before killing himself, the Washington Post reports. Many questions remain: Did an argument precede the shooting? Was he properly treated for depression and anxiety? The shooter,…
FBI Raids Rural Indiana Home Where Man Collected Thousands of Rare Artifacts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI raided the property of a 91-year-old man in rural central Indiana where he stored thousands of artifacts from Native Americans, China, Russia and other countries. Fox News reports that the massive collection by Donald Miller spanned eight decades and also included items from Australia, Haiti, New Guinea and Peru. “The…
Video: Woman Says Border Patrol Threatened Her with Knife, Taser at Random Stop
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents threatened a woman with a Taser and knife after she questioned why she was stopped 40 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, she claims in a video distributed by the ACLU. U.S. citizen Clarisa Christiansen said she refused to exit her car until Border Patrol explained why…
Congress Slams ATF Director Over Blundered Undercover Storefront Operations
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ATF Director B. Todd Jones’ first appearance before Congress wasn’t a pleasant one. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that congressional members from both sides slammed Jones over the agency’s blunders in undercover storefront operations. Some of the problems included using people with mental disabilities to promote undercover operations. Jones defended the agency,…
Defiant DEA Chief: Pot Legalization Just ‘Makes Us Fight Harder’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As marijuana legalization shifts in public opinion, state laws and within the Obama administration, the DEA is pledging to fight even harder, said DEA Chief Michele Leonhart Wednesday. The Huffington Post reports that Leonhart, speaking during testimony before a House Appropriations subcommittee, maintains voters were duped into approving marijuana legalization in Washington…
Stejskal: The History of April 19th: American Revolution, Waco, Oklahoma Bombing
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. This column was originally posted on April 14, 2010. Because I thought it continued to be relevant, it was re-posted last year (2013) on April 2. (I had no idea how relevant…
Check Out Richard Nixon’s 1937 Application to Be a Special Agent for FBI
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Richard Nixon was 24 years old, he applied to be a special agent in the FBI in 1937. That application is now on display at National Archives, reports the Smithsonian. “It is a nice window into a moment in Richard Nixon’s life that people probably don’t think about,” says Jennifer Johnson,…
New South Florida FBI Chief Says Terrorism is Biggest Threat, Priority
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Even in Florida, terrorism is the FBI’s top concern. So said south Florida’s new special agent in charge, George Piro, 46. “Our biggest threat domestically is homegrown, violent extremists, and it’s no different here in South Florida,” Piro said, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Following in the footsteps of his predecessors, Piro…