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Defense for Boston Bombing Suspect Claim FBI Is ‘Needlessly Intrusive’ in Counsel’s Meetings with Client
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are complaining that the FBI is getting in the way of legal counsel’s constitutional rights to meet with their client in private. The Boston Globe reports that lawyers filed the complaints in court late Monday, saying FBI continues to be “needlessly intrusive.” The lawyers…
FBI’s Feathers Are Ruffled Over Pesky Intruders at Salt Lake City Office
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI in Salt Lake City is dealing with some pesky intruders. A variety of birds are nesting in the FBI’s parking garage – a problem that has plagued the bureau since moving into their new International Center Facility in 2012, FOX 13 reports. “Because of the vast amount of waste left by…
New Book Argues Border Patrol Has Gone Rogue After Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A scathing new book argues that Border Patrol agents have squandered the rights of undocumented immigrants by resorting to rogue tactics after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The U.S. Border Patrol is not just the ‘men in green,’ it is a much larger complex and industrial world…
DEA Head Fights Against Obama Administration Efforts to Reduce Minimum Sentences for Drug Offenders
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In her latest defiance of the Obama administration, DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart is unwilling to support a bill to reduce mandatory minimum sentences for federal drug crimes, the Huffington Post reports. Leonhart has departed with the administration on reforms to drug policies heralded by President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder. “Having…
FBI, Other Law Enforcement Train for Active Shooter Exercise at Alabama Mall
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com This is the kind of training you hope to never have to use. Nearly 200 members of various law enforcement agencies converged on a mall in Mobile, Alabama on Sunday for an active shooter exercise, FOX 10 reports. The scenario at Bel Air Mall was a shooter on a rampage after a…
Young Woman Busted Trying to Pass Through Security with 81 Pounds of Marijuana
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are still scratching their heads after a young woman tried to pass through security with 81 pounds of marijuana. KHON 2 reports that Anastasia Murdock, 26, was carrying about $100,000 worth of pot in vacuum sealed bags in her luggage at Oakland International Airport on Friday. “Security says she may…
Border Patrol Cracks Down on Medical Marijuana in New Mexico Despite Leniency Elsewhere
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Medical marijuana cardholders in New Mexico are running into trouble in New Mexico courtesy of the Border Patrol. The Albuquerque Journal reports that patients are afraid to travel in the state because of Border Patrol checkpoints and crackdowns of marijuana, which is still illegal nationally. The crackdown comes as the Justice Department,…
FBI Investigated Connection Between Football Legend Joe Montana, Chinatown Mobster and State Senator
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Football legend Joe Montana was a subject of an FBI investigation that snared state California state Sen. Leland Yee and previously convicted Chinatown mobster, “Shrimp Boy.” CNN reports that FBI agents came up with nothing incriminating against the Hall of Fame quarterback. “Nobody has said he did anything wrong,” said the source,…