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Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Strongly Opposes Proposal to Eliminate ATF
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) on Thursday denounced Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner’s proposal to eliminate ATF and have it absorbed by another agency. “Violent gangs, gun traffickers and active shooters will not take pause while Congress attempts to engage in an unwarranted bureaucratic maneuver that would waste taxpayer dollars and leave the public at risk,” said FLEOA President Jon Adler…
FBI Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Opening of Civil Rights Office in Mississippi
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As violence against black people continued after signing the Civil Rights Act in July 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson turned to the FBI for help. The New York Times reports that Johnson urged then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to open the first office dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Americans. The…
FBI Expects to Soon Release Short List of Potential New FBI Headquarters Sites
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The search for a future FBI headquarters should soon be narrowed down to a short list, the Washington Post reports. Communities and politicians in Virginia and Maryland are watching closely as the FBI looks to build the largest new federal campus in more than 50 years. Once the list is narrowed down…
FBI Agent: Friends of Boston Marathon Bomber Knew About Material to Build Explosives
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Friends of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev knew he had materials to build a bomb, an FBI agent testified Thursday, WBUR reports. The testimony of FBI agent Farbod Azad came during the obstruction trial of Azamat Tazhayakov, who is accused of interfering with the investigation along with two other friends. The…
Border Patrol Halts Flights to San Diego, Saying Backlog of Central American Immigrants Decreasing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol’s plan to alleviate the surge of Central American immigrants along the border of Mexico no longer involves flying children and families to San Diego, the USA Today reports. The federal agency halted the experiment following a protest that blocked busloads of immigrants from reaching a processing facility in San Diego….
Border Patrol, ICE on Pace to Run Out of Money Before New Budget Year Begins
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ICE and Border Patrol are set to run out of money if Congress doesn’t approve a $3.7 billion request for emergency funds from President Obama, the Arizona Republic reports. ICE expects to run out of money by mid-August, while Border Patrol said it could be penniless by mid-September. Both agencies blame the…
Opinion: President Obama Should Visit Southwest Border to Address Crisis
By Jackie Gingrich Cushman Townhall.com Based on this fiscal year’s eight-and-a-half months of activity so far, the number of unaccompanied alien children from Honduras apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol will increase 22 times from what it was in 2009. That’s a jump from fewer than 1,000 children five years ago to more than 21,000…
New Documents: FBI Worried Nelson Mandela Posed a Significant Communist Threat
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI closely monitored Nelson Mandela after the Cold War ended, fearing that the South American president was a national security risk, according to documents obtained by Al Jazeera. The records show concerns among the U.S. that Mandela was a possible communist threat after he was released from prison, even as President…