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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 …
FBI’s Phoenix Office to Handle Criminal Investigation of VA Hospital Following Serious Allegations
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Phoenix office is handling the criminal investigation of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Arizona Republic reports. FBI Director James Comey said the Phoenix office is handling the case because the allegations began at the VA in Phoenix. At least 18 Arizona veterans waiting for care in the Phoenix VA…
Florida Prosecutors Ask Appeals Court to Reinstate Murder Charge Against Ex-FBI Agent Connolly
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Disgraced FBI Agent John J. Connolly Jr., whose murder conviction was overturned by a Florida state court panel two weeks ago, won’t be released from prison – at least not yet. Boston’s NPR station, WBUR, reports that Florida’s attorney general is urging the court to reconsider reinstating charges against Connolly, who is…
Border Patrol Station in Texas Overwhelmed by Central American Migrants
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Throngs of Central American women and children are forced to stay in squalid, cramped conditions at a Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas, the Washington Post reports. Video obtained by the Washington Post shows children sleeping on concrete floors in sweltering heat for days. The migrants are fed tacos and bologna sandwiches…
TSA Officers Killed in Line off Duty to Receive Same Death Benefits As Other Federal Law Enforcement Officers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s not often that a TSA officer dies in the line of duty. In fact, TSA Officer Gerardo Hernandez, 39, became the first to die on Nov. 1 at Los Angeles International Airport. But Westside Today reports that the House Appropriations Committee this week approved a legislative amendment that would provide the…
FBI Launches Criminal Investigation of Veterans Affairs Department As Scandal Deepens
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into widespread problems at the Veterans Affairs Department, CNN reports. Among other things, agents are examining the long wait lines and whether paperwork was falsified to make delays appear shorter. “At the department’s direction, the FBI has instructed agents in its Phoenix office to conduct…