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Congress Introduces Bill to Increase Oversight of Border Patrol Following Deadly Confrontations
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A bipartisan bill in Congress is aimed at addressing questions about the use of force by Border Patrol agents. AZCentral.com reports that the bill is designed to increase oversight of CBP and the Border Patrol following widespread criticism of deadly confrontations with immigrants at the border. But political experts said the bill…
New York Murder Suspect, Gang Memer Added to FBI’s Most Wanted List
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man accused of killing a New York mom and her toddler execution-style in 2010 is the latest fugitive to be added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, CNN reports. The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for the arrest of Juan Elias Garcia, whom the FBI refers to as an…
FBI Makes Arrests, Raids in Public Corruption Cases in North Carolina, California & New York
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Separate corruption investigations led to the arrests of two public officials in North Carolina and California and to the raid of the office of a New York state senator, the Washington Post reports. Hundreds of federal agents descended on offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, arresting several people including state Democratic…
bin Laden’s Son-in-Law Convicted of Conspiracy to Kill Americans
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, the son-in-law of Usama bin Laden, and a senior member of al Qaeda, was convicted Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan on three counts, including conspiracy to kill Americans. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement: “This verdict is a major milestone in the government’s unrelenting…
Read the Judge’s Order Regarding FBI Agent In Idaho Who Killed Herself
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill of Idaho issued this order regarding FBI agent Rebekah Morse, who apparently lied under oath when she told the judge that she turned off her phone and wasn’t texting while on the witness stand. The texts had nothing to do with the case against Diversified…
Russia Warned FBI About Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect in March 2011, But Agency Found Nothing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Russian authorities warned the FBI in 2011 about one of the would-be Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Reuters reports. A congressional report to be released as early as this week is expected to show that Russian intelligence alerted the FBI to concerns in March 2011 about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the Chechen brothers…
Man Sues NSA, FBI, DIA Over Investigations Involving Ex-South African Leader Nelson Mandela
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Did a CIA tip lead to Neslon Mandela’s 1962 arrest and subsequent 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa? A Ph.D. candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ryan Shapiro, filed suit Tuesday against the NSA, FBI and Defense Intelligence Agency for failing to turn over records with a Freedom of Information…
Obama Taps Karl Remon Thompson to Head Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama selected Karl Remon Thompson to head the once-obscure but powerful Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Department. The New York Times reports that the person in charge of the position is responsible for critical legal policy disputes in the war against Al Qaeda. The Office of Legal Counsel issues…