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FBI Agents Questioning Aides to Gov. Chris Christie Over Hurricane Sandy
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is beginning to investigate whether New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie threatened to pull the plug on Hurricane Sandy relief money if a city mayor failed to support a billion-dollar development, NBC News reports. Agents are questioning witnesses and asking them to preserve any records related to the accusations made by…
Veteran Documentary Filmmaker Joe Berlinger Talks About his Newest Movie, “Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger”
The film, which premiered recently at the Sundance Film Festival, chronicles the life of the crime boss and reflects on what would have happened if the FBI didn’t use Bulger as an informant.
Florida Republican Gets Quick Visit From Secret Service After Tweet About Hanging Obama
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Florida Republican discovered a quick way to get a visit from the Secret Service. The Daily Caller reports that an African American candidate for state assembly tweeted Tuesday that he believes President Obama should be arrested and hanged. But the candidate, Joshua Black, didn’t stop there. He posted this on Facebook:…
FBI Raids Arizona Business That Sells Bodies, Body Parts to Research Facilities
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI raided a business in Arizona that buys cadavers and body parts for a human tissue bank, AZFamily.com reports. Federal and state authorities wearing masks hauled away boxes from Biological Resource Center on Monday. The business describes itself as a facility that “connects those who wish to donate their body to…
Man Wearing Google Glass Faces Hour-Long Interrogation at Ohio Movie Theater
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Ohio man was interrogated for an hour after he was spotted wearing Goggle Glass at a movie theater. The Business Insider reports that the glasses caused alarm at the AMC theater, where employees believed he was illegally taping the film. The man, who has not been identified, tried telling authorities that…
Wife of Missing FBI Agent in Iran Demand More Information from FBI About Husband
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The wife of Bob Levinson, a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran nearly seven years ago, is fed up and said she wants the world to know the truth about her husband. “He was working as a consultant for the CIA,” his wife, Christine Levinson, told CBS News. Levinson wants the…
Secret Services Investigates Potential Link Between Target Breach, Border Arrests
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service is investigating a potential link between the recent hacking of consumer data from Target and the arrest of two Mexicans over the weekend, Reuters reports. The Mexicans were found with a cache of fraudulent credit cards. Target said the breach ended in the theft of 40 million credit and…
More than 250,000 Arrests Makes Texas-Mexico Border the Busiest in Country
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Texas is ground zero for Border Patrol arrests, the Associated Press reports. Of the 420,789 apprehensions during the Border Patrol’s fiscal year that ended in September, 235,567 of the arrests were made in Texas. Arizona, which often is the busiest border, saw 125,942 arrests. Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher said the increase…