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Should Border Patrol Agents Wear Body Cameras? ACLU Says Yes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ACLU is urging CBP to require its agents to wear body cameras to improve accountability and transparency, Valley Central reports. In the past four years, CBP agents have killed about 19 people. “We know there is a lack of oversight, accountability and training at the same time and that should be…
Homeland Security Details Takedown on Web Exploitation Ring That Victimized 250+ Children
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Homeland Security Department helped bring down an international child exploitation ring involving as many as 27,000 people victimizing at least 251 children online, the New York Daily News reports. DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson called the bust “one of the largest-known online child exploitation operations in history.” Authorities alleges that a Louisiana…
Report Cites Slow Response, Communications Breakdown During LAX Shooting Rampage
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Paramedics and others took too long to respond to last year’s shooting rampage at the Los Angeles International Airport, according to an independent report. The report indicates that paramedics took 33 minutes to get to Transportation Security Agency officer Gerardo Hernandez, 39, who was killed in the shooting. He died between two…
FBI Agent Narrowly Escaped Death After SUV Tumbles Down Interstate Embankment
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent escaped almost certain death Monday after an out-of-control SUV tumbled down an embankment and onto his car on southbound Interstate 805 in southern California, NBC 7 reports. Police said a woman in a Jeep Grand Cherokee crashed into a hydrant and drove down the embankment, turning her car into…
Congressmen to Introduce Bill That Would Improve Oversight of Homeland Security, Border Patrol
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Homeland Security and its agencies, including the Border Patrol, would be subjected to greater oversight and accountability under a bill promoted by a pair of congressmen representing districts on the Mexican border, the Global Post reports. The goal of the Border Accountability and Stakeholder Engagement Act is to create…
DEA Destroys Far Fewer Marijuana Plants in Past Two Years Than it Did In 2010
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA has substantially reduced the amount of marijuana that it destroys a year, eradicating fewer plants in the past two years combined than it did in 2010. The Huffington Post reports that the DEA destroyed about 8.3 million plants, compared to more than 10 million destroyed in both 2009 and 2010….
FBI Stands ‘Firmly Behind’ Agent Accused of Committing Perjury in Criminal Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is standing behind an agent who is accused of committing perjury. The Arizona Daily Star reports that the FBI stands “firmly behind” Agent Brian Grehoski, who is accused of lying during testimony in a hearing on campaign finance allegations. FBI spokesman Manuel Johnson said he’s unaware of any internal investigations…
TSA Causes Stink by Seizing Expensive Bottle of Perfume Shaped Like ‘Grenade’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The TSA caused controversy by seizing a woman’s expensive bottle of perfume because it is shaped like a grenade, Fox News reports. Country music promoter Lois Lewis was stopped by TSA agents and then investigated after after trying to bring her 2-ounce bottle of Jimmy Choo perfume in her carryon at Phoenix’s…