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Anti-Defamation League Launches Online Database of Extremist and Racist Symbols and Tattoos
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Looking to get a better understanding of extremist and racist symbols and tattoos? The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish organization which often works with law enforcement, is out to help. The organization on Monday announced that it has launched a major new online database of extremist and racist symbols and tattoos….
FBI Tried in Vain to Lure Legendary Quarterback Joe Montana Into a Real Estate Sting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI tried unsuccessfully to lure quarterback legend Joe Montana into a real estate sting, the San Francisco Gate reports. Montana’s attorney James Brosnahan said the bureau used an undercover agent posing as a real estate investor interested in partnering with a planned hotel development next to the 49ers’ new stadium. “It…
War Crimes Tribunal to Hear Complaints About FBI Trying to Turn Member of Defense Team into Informant
Steve Neavling ticklethwire.com A U.S. war crimes tribunal will determine whether the FBI acted inappropriately by trying to turn a member of the legal defense team into an informant, Reuters reports. Attorneys for Guantanamo Bay inmates accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks plan to argue that the FBI created a conflict of interest….
Off-Duty FBI Agent Averts Possible Mass Shooting by Killing Gunman in Sports Bar
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty FBI agent shot and killed a gunman who walked into a bar and opened fire on his ex-wife and her new boyfriend at a sports bar in Illinois on Saturday night, the Journal Star reports. The gunman, Jason A. Moore, shot his ex-wife, Lori A. Moore, 33, and her boyfriend…
Texas Congressman Witnesses Overcrowding of Illegal Immigrants – Mostly Children – at Border Patrol Station
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Texas congressman refused to be kept out of the McAllen Border Patrol station where about 1,000 illegal immigrants, primarily children, in squalid, cramped conditions, the Blaze reports. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat, said the immigrants are squeezed into the facility, and many have infectious diseases like tuberculosis, chickenpox and scabies. “I’ve…
U.S. Authorities Worried That Next Terror Plot Could Originate from ISIS Terrorists
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are worried that the next 9/11-like terror plot could come from the increasingly violent Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) that is claiming to have killed about 1,700 Iraqi soldiers, CBS News reports. The situation is getting increasingly more dangerous as Islamic militants continue to sweep through Iraq. “You’ve got…
U.S. Plans to Auction Off Nearly 30,000 Bitcoins Seized in Crackdown on Online Marketplace for Illicit Drugs
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. government plans to unload nearly 30,000 bitcoins – valued at $17.3 million – during an auction later this month after seizing the currency as part of an FBI crackdown last year on an illicit online marketplace for drugs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some of the bitcoins seized from Silk Road …