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FBI Director Comey Reaffirms Commitment to Cracking Down on Public Corruption in Maryland
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Although counterterrorism remains the FBI’s top priority, public corruption isn’t far behind, FBI Director James Comey said during a visit with local law enforcement in Baltimore. WBALTV.com reports that Comey addressed concerns among officials that public corruption remains a problem. “Public corruption has long been one of the FBI’s top priorities, one…
Border Patrol Union: Agency Violated Guidelines with Ban on Agents’ Cell Phones
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Border Patrol’s ban on bringing cell phones or electronic devices to work following the leaked photos of an overcrowded processing center in Texas violates collectively-bargained guidelines, a union representative insists. The Blaze.com reports that the agency also is threatening employees who speak to the media. Prior to the release of photos…
Wedding Crasher Impersonates Homeland Security Officer, Takes Off with Gifts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The 25-year-old walked into a wedding reception in Louisiana with law enforcement attire and said he was with Homeland Security. Apparently that was enough for family and friends of the bride and groom to trust him, the Times-Picayune reports. When everyone departed and the newlyweds left for their reception, the suspect loaded…
OMG! FBI Maintains 83-Page Glossary of Shorthand Internet Slang
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com BOGSAT. DILLIGAD. SOMSW. Those are three terms – or acronyms – that the FBI considers serious enough to add to its 83-page glossary if Internet slang. And the reason for adding the nearly 3,000 terms may be as confusing as the terms themselves, the Washington Post reports. The glossary is called “Twittter shorthand,”…
“Austin Powers” Star Verne Troyer Complains About TSA Treatment at LAX
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com “Austin Powers” star Verne Troyer posted a photo of TSA agents conducting what many fans considered to be an invasive search, the New York Daily News reports. Troyer, who has a dwarfism disability and rides a scooter, posted the photo on Facebook entitled, “TSA Struggles.” It shows a TSA agent conducting a…
FBI Fears Doomsday Man May Have Stashed Weapons While Manhunt Continues
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Florida man who is accused of building explosive devices as part of an end-of-the-world plan to kill federal agents may have stashed weapons in a hidden bunker, the FBI said. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Martin Howard Winters, 55, remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous. The FBI…
Florida Man Accused of Plotting Deadly Confrontation with Federal Agents Is at Large
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal manhunt is underway for a Florida man who is accused of building explosive devices as part of a end-of-the-world plan to kill federal agents, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Martin Howard Winters, 55, was indicted on June on charges stemming from an investigation of a group that he headed called…
FBI Denies Violating Rights of 5 Accused Sept. 11 Terrorist Conspirators After Investigating Defense Team
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI adamantly dismissed allegations Monday that its agents spied on defense teams and violated the rights of the five accused Sept. 11 terrorist conspirators, The Los Angeles Times reports. A government lawyer argued to a military judge at Guantanamo Bay on Monday that the FBI did not conduct an undercover investigation…