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LA Times Editorial: Border Patrol Must Take Deadly Shootings More Seriously
By Los Angeles Times Editorial Board The new head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s internal affairs office made a troubling assertion late last week. Since 2004, he said, the agency has apparently taken no disciplinary action against any of its agents who have used deadly force. That follows a report released in February by…
FBI’s Facial Recognition System Reaches ‘Full Operational Capability,’ Ready to Use
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s new facial recognition system is now fully operational, the bureau announced Monday. The Next Generation Identification System also will replace the FBI’s fingerprint identification system. “The IPS facial recognition service will provide the nation’s law enforcement community with an investigative tool that provides an image-searching capability of photographs associated…
FBI’s Washington Field Office Focuses on Returning U.S. Hostages Held by Terrorists
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com American journalist Theo Curtis said he might not be alive if not for the FBI. FBI agents in the Washington D.C. field office had been working on getting Curtis released from Syria, where he had been held by an Islamist group, the Washington Post reports. The FBI “deserves some credit for…
Judge: Jill Kelly May Press Forward with Lawsuit Against FBI Over Invasion of Privacy
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jill Kelley may continue pursuing her lawsuit against the FBI over the scandal involving former CIA Director David Patraeus, a judge ruled Monday. The New York Daily News reports that U.S. District Judge Amy Berman declined to dismiss a case by Kelly, who claims the FBI and Justice Department violated her…
FBI Investigates Missouri Officer’s Use of Stun Gun After Teen Hospitalized in Critical Condition
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a Missouri police officer’s use of a stun gun to subdue a 17-year-old during a traffic stop. The Associated Press reports that the stun gun left Bryce Masters in critical condition. The incident happened in the suburban Kansas City community of Independence. Police said the officer resorted…
Justice Department Launches Plan to Identify Radicals with U.S. Passports As ISIS Threat Grows
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department opened a new front on the war against radicals. The Los Angeles Times reports that Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. announced plans to identify radicals with U.S. passports. The idea is to identify Americans before they travel abroad. “We have established processes for detecting American extremists who attempt…
Attorneys for Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Tsarnaev Deny Impersonating FBI Employees
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Prosecutors are accusing the defense lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of posing as FBI employees to investigate their client’s background in Russia, the Boston Globe reports. “Let us be clear: At no time have members of the defense team misrepresented themselves or lied about their work,” Tsarnaev’s lawyers…
A New FBI Show Is Coming to Prime-Time TV This Season on CBS
By Alan Stamm ticklethewire.com Josh Dunhamel is no Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and his new TV show is unlike “The F.B.I.” But another show starring an FBI agent is coming to TV. The 2014 version is “Battle Creek,” a drama-comedy set in that Michigan city and picked up by CBS for at least 13 episodes….