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ATF Sees Major Upswing in Recovered, Traced Machine Guns in Pennsylvania
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF recovered and traced more machine guns in Pennsylvania than in the past four years combined, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. The ATF issued the alarming report, which states that the ATF reported 132 machine gun traces in the past year in Pennsylvania. By contrast, the agency traced 110 machine guns between…
Pennsylvania Attorney General Launches Innovative Program Around the State to Battle Heroin Tied to Mexican Cartels
By Jeffrey Anderson An emerging crime initiative by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane is deploying mobile street crimes units to small cities and towns in her state to tackle an escalating heroin problem tied to Mexican drug cartels. The strategy, quietly launched last year with the help of a $2.5 million state appropriation, is…
Jackson FBI’s First Black Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen Plans Retirement Just Short of Office’s 50th Anniversary
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Daniel McMullen, the first black special agent in charge of Jackson’s FBI office, has announced his retirement. “As a person with an interest in history itself and the history of the civil rights movement and an understanding of where Mississippi was in the history of civil rights, I find it very interesting…
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…