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Gunmaker Sues ATF, Saying Feds Wrongly Classified Its ‘Muzzle Brake’ a Silencer
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A gunmaker is suing the ATF for claiming the company is selling a gun silencer. Gunmaker Sig Sauer said that the ATF wrong classified its “muzzle brake” as a silencer. “If classified as a silencer, no market exists for the subject device given that it will not silence, muffle, or diminish the…
AG Holder: ATF’s Use of People with Mental Disabilities in Stings ‘Is Crazy’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder lashed out at the ATF’s use and treatment of people with mental disabilities in undercover stings, saying he is “greatly troubled” by the information, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. “The notion that you would use mentally unstable people, you would tattoo them, that you would do ridiculous…
Senate Confirms 2 Key Nominees for Top-Level Homeland Security Posts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Senate confirmed two key nomination on Monday – Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Frank Taylor to be DHS undersecretary for intelligence and analysis and Dr. Reggie Brothers to Homeland Security’s under secretary for Science and Technology, HSToday.us reports. Brothers led oversight of the Department of Defense’s cyber portfolio as the former deputy…
Rev. Sharpton Admits He Helped FBI: ‘I’m a Cat. I Chase Rats’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Rev. Al Sharpton lashed out at critics who are calling him a rat for helping the FBI go after Mafia figures in the 1980s. At a news conference in Harlem, Sharpton said he “did what was right” when he helped an FBI task force – the “Genovese Squad” – pursue violent…
FBI Urged to Help Investigate Gunman Targeting Vehicles in Metro Kansas City
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Local authorities are urging the FBI to help investigate at least 13 cases of cars in and around Kansas City being targeted by a shooter. Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Forte met with the FBI about the mysterious shootings, which have injured three people so far, Time reports. “Some of the people…
Key Border Patrol Sector in Rio Grande Has New Leader
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector has a new leader. Chief Patrol Agent Kevin W. Oaks took over the helm Sunday, replacing Rosendo Hinojoa, who retired in January, the Brownsville Herald reports. Oaks will be responsible for more than 3,000 Border Patrol agents and nine stations. “I look forward to working with…
TSA Seizes Bejeweled Lipstick Stun Gun from Detroit Airport
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com TSA officers discovered a pink lipstick stun gun in a woman’s baggage at Detroit Metropolitan Airpot on Sunday after spotting something suspicious at the x-ray machine, WXYZ reports. Turned out, the woman was carrying a 5-inch stun gun disguised as a bejeweled lip stick container. The woman was cited but permitted to…
Rev. Al Sharpton Worked As FBI Informant After Getting Caught Talking to Kingpin About Cocaine
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights activist and former presidential candidate, began working as a confidential FBI informant in the 1980s after he was caught on tape discussing cocaine deals with a drug kingpin, the New York Post reports. Sharpton cooperated with authorities and helped the feds bring down the notorious…