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Is Michigan Man, 71, A War Criminal or Simply an Ice Cream Man
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Is Mahmoud Bazzi, 71, a Lebanese native who operates an ice cream truck in Dearborn, a war criminal? Jim Schaefer of the Detroit Free Press headed to Ireland for a detailed report on the whole ordeal. Schaefer reports that folks in Dublin say Bazzi was responsible for the murder in…
Documentary, ‘Newburgh Sting,’ Explores Whether FBI Went Too Far in Prosecuting Men for Terrorism
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new documentary, “The Newburgh Sting,” chronicles the story of four New York men who were snared by the FBI in a terrorism scheme, the New York Daily News reports. The film, which airs today on HBO, tells the story of four Muslim converts who joined an FBI-fabricated plot to bomb synagogues…
FBI: Scams Target Families of Central American Children Captured Along U.S. Border
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating two scams that target some of the families of the tens of thousands of Central American children who have been captured recently trying to sneak into the U.S., Al Jazeera America reports. The telephone scams involve asking families for money for phony travel costs. “One fraud scheme involved…
Officials: Border Patrol Under Heavy Fire from Mexican Cartels Near Texas
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents came under heavy fire from the Mexican side of the border Friday night, Fox News reports. Authorities believe .50-caliber rounds were fired at the U.S. side of the riverbank near Rincon Peninsula across from Reynosa, Mexico. Sources told Fox News that the gunfire likely came from Mexican drug cartels….
Report: Obama Administration Ignored Warnings of Brewing Border Crisis
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly a year before a flood of unaccompanied children from Central America created a crisis along the border, the Obama administration was warned that the U.S. was not adequately prepared for such a situation, the Washington Post reports. A team of Border Patrol agents was assigned to the Fort Brown patrol station…
FBI Arrests Four Americans Following Fake Sex-Slave Auction in Arizona
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has arrested four American men after setting up a sting featuring a fake sex-slave auction in Arizona, the Wall Street Journal reports. Agents set up the sting after the men expressed an interest in buying sex slaves through an online Malaysian slave trading organization that the FBI had been investigating….
US Sees Fewer Undocumented Central American Children Crossing Border
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of unaccompanied children crossing the U.S. border in South Texas has declined over the past 10 days, authorities said. That’s good news for an agency that has become overwhelmed by a surge of children entering the country without their parents, Fox New reports. Since October, federal authorities have arrested more…