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Mexico Comes Clean: Our Soldiers Were in Standoff with U.S. Border Patrol
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After blanket denials, Mexican officials are admitting that two Mexican soldiers – not smugglers – were in a standoff with Border Patrol agents in January, the Los Angeles Times reports. Mexico had denied soldiers were involved but finally came clean about the Jan. 26 confrontation. The soldiers claimed they were looking for drug…
Secret Service Director Defends Subordinates on Capitol Hill Following High Profile Mishaps
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service’s first female director was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss the misbehavior of her male subordinates. CNN reports that Secret Service Director Julia Pierson brushed off allegations of widespread problems among employees, saying recent highly publicized allegations were unusual. “These are isolated incidents of misconduct and we’re working…
Border Patrol Agent Shoots 2 U.S. Citizens After He Is Injured in Attack
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent opened fire, shooting two U.S. citizens, after a truck tried to ram him, KVOA.com reports. The incident happened shortly after 12:15 a.m. Monday at the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation in Arizona. According to the agency, the agent was standing near his marked car when the driver of a…
The FBI’s New Special Agent in Charge in Oregon Takes Helm Monday
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Gregory T. Bretzing, a former accountant who joined the FBI in 1995, will take the helm at the FBI’s Oregon office on Monday. Bretzing will become special agent in charge after serving as inspector at the bureau’s Washington D.C. headquarters for the past 18 months. Bretzing, 47, also supervised a joint terrorism…
FBI to Hire 1,000 People by Oct. 1 But Still Far from Filling 2,500 Vacancies
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said the bureau plans to hire 1,000 people by Oct. 1 – a move meant to fill some of the 2,500 vacancies. “I’m looking to hire 1,000 people to start to fill those almost 2,500 vacancies that we have – hundreds of special agents and intelligence analysts to restock…
FBI Investigates High-Speed Investors Accused of Potential Market Manipulation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating high-speed trading firms to determine whether they are engaged in insider trading, the Wall Street Journal reports. The investigation was launched a year ago but remains in the early stages. Among the focuses is whether high-speed investors are trading using information that others can’t access. Investigators also are…
Federal Government Allows ATF Official to Collect Two Salaries While on Leave
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A key figure in the Fast & Furious gun-running operation was permitted to collect two salaries while on leave from his federal government job, the Washington Times reports. The Justice Department’s inspector general created the report after finding that three of William McMahon’s superiors with the ATF “exercised poor judgment” by allowing…
Book Review: ”Long Mile Home,’ Recounts Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation
By Aamer Madhani USA Today On the first-year anniversary of a national tragedy, it’s inevitable for the so-called definitive account to be rolled out by publishers calculating that enough time has passed for an author to have developed perspective, but not so much time that the calamity is no longer fresh in the public’s conscience….