News Story
Feds Quickly Cancel Plan to Start License Plate-Tracking System Following Mix Up
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Hold up, say ICE officials. A solicitation for a company to compile a database of license plate information was canceled just a day after the Washington Post revealed the plan. “The solicitation, which was posted without the awareness of ICE leadership, has been cancelled,” ICE spokeswoman Gillian Christensen told the Washington Post…
FBI: 10 Union Members Accused of Resorting to Violence Targeting Contractors with Non-union Laborers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ten union members in Philadelphia are accused of starting fires, sabotaging construction sites and threatening violence when companies used non-union laborers. The Blaze.com reports that federal agents arrested 10 members of Ironworkers Local 401 and charged them with participating in a “a conspiracy to commit criminal acts of extortion, arson, destruction of…
Wausau Daily Herald Editorial: Finally, TSA Realizes We’re Not All Terrorists
Wausau Daily Herald Editorial Board For years, the Transportation Security Administration has “managed” the risk of in-flight terror attacks by throwing every one of us — from geriatrics to infants in strollers — into the same category. Call it “one size fits no one.” Finally, that policy is changing. The TSA is dramatically expanding a…
FBI Joins Investigation After Noose, Confederate Flag Left on University Statue
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is helping investigate a disturbing finding – a noose and Confederate flag were found on a statue of the first black student at the University of Mississippi, the New York Times reports. Authorities are searching for two men who are believed to have committed the act of vandalism early Sunday…
Government Activist Wins Battle to Parody NSA, Homeland Security with T-Shirts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A government activist named Dan McCall has been selling T-shirts that make fun of the NSA and Homeland Security by using the official seals. One shirt read, “U.S. Department of Homeland Stupidity.” Another: “The NSA: The only part of government that actually listens.” After discovering the re-appropriated logos, the federal agencies tried…
Violent Crimes Dropped 5.4% Nationwide for First Half of 2013, Showing More Positive Trends
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Violent crimes dropped by 5.4% in the first half of 2013, compared with the same period in 2013, the New York Times reports. The decline is part of a long reduction in violent crime nationwide. According to the FBI statistics, property crimes also fell. “We have had almost 25 years of a…
Justice Department Hunting for Worthy Inmates Who Would Qualify for Clemency
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is searching prisoners who may qualify for clemency. NPR reports that Deputy Attorney General James Cole met Tuesday with defense attorneys and interest groups to help identify inmates with clean records, long sentences for low-level crimes and no significant history with gangs or violence. The speech is a strong…