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Synthetic Drug Craze Involving LSD-Like Substance Has Killed 19 People So Far
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA is trying to crack down on the latest synthetic drug craze that is responsible for at least 19 deaths nationwide, KGUN9-TV report. The drug is called “N-bomb” and has similar hallucinatory effects of LSD. But users are buying the drug from amateur chemists who are selling the product online. “It’s…
Parker: Supreme Court Effortlessly Throws Out Warrantless Cell Phone Searches
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Guessing the correct result and even the basic rationale of the Supreme Court’s cell phone case could be considered a minor achievement,…
FBI Shuts Down Website That Advertised Children for Prostitution in San Francisco
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested two people accused of operating a website advertising children for prostitution, CNN reports. Agents shut down the website – myredbook.com – in a raid in San Francisco. The raid was part of a larger crackdown on sex trafficking of minors that led to the rescue of 168 children and…
Border Patrol Union Leaders: Understaffed Agency Is Increasing Immigrant Crisis in Texas
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Union leaders for the Border Patrol told lawmakers Wednesday that the agency is understaffed and unable to handle the influx of immigrants as a crisis unfolds at the border with unaccompanied children, the Houston Chronicle reports. The agency is “drastically understaffed with morale plummeting to record lows,” Chris Crane, president of the…
FBI’s Bomb Lab Helps Track Down Terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan
Steve Neavling ticklethrewire.com Step inside the FBI’s bomb warehouse outside of Washington, where experts analyze bombs used to injure and kill thousands of American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Businessweek reports that 700 people work at the FBI’s Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center. It’s not easy work. Most of the bombs are assembled with objects…
ACLU Lawyer: Border Patrol’s Repeated Abuse of Children Must Stop
By James Lyall, ACLU attorney Huffington Post Detainees wrested from sleep every 30 minutes, the lights in their frigid cells never turned off. One detainee told by officials, don’t lie or you’ll be raped. Another detainee sexually abused by guards. Detainees forced to stand in stress positions. Others denied adequate food, water, and medical treatment…
Privacy Groups Want Audit of Facial Recognition Technology Before Database Goes Live
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the FBI prepares to begin using a controversial facial recognition system later this year, more than 30 privacy groups are urging the Justice Department to conduct a long-pledged audit of the database, the National Journal reports. Groups are worried about the privacy of American citizens and said the lack of oversight…