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Family Takes Note of Former FBI Agent Robert Levinson’s Disappearance After Seven Years
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It has been seven long years since FBI agent Robert Levinson disappeared while on a mission for the CIA in Iran. “Today we remind the world that, after seven years, Bob is still not home with those who love him – his wife, sons, daughters, grandchildren and friends,” the family said in…
Border Patrol Chief Says Agents Can Still Shoot Rock Throwers, As Long As They Pose Threat
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Border Patrol has been under fire recently for using lethal force on people who throw rocks at agents near the U.S.-Mexico border, Border Patrol Chief Michael J. Fisher said in a new directive Friday, according to the Washington Post. “Agents shall not discharge firearms in response to thrown or hurled projectiles…
Washington Post Editorial: FBI Has Responsibility to Come Clean about Ibragim Todashev’s Death
By Washington Post Editorial Board There is no greater threat to the legitimacy of the U.S. political system, at home and abroad, than the perception that an obsession with terrorism and other threats has given rise to an unaccountable American national security apparatus. Much of this perception reflects hyperbole from those who do not understand…
Naming of New ATF Headquarters Causing Heated Debate
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ugly debate is brewing over the naming of the glassy new ATF headquarters in Washington D.C. The Los Angeles Times reports that many people aren’t happy with the Senate’s decision to name the new building after famous federal agent Eliot Ness, who helped bring down Al Capone. Opponents of the new name…
Yoo-hoo, FBI: Here’s Evidence You Can Use on My Facebook Page
Alan Stamm ticklethewire.com There’s no such thing as an easy bust of a serial bank robber, FBI agents would say. Still some careless suspects certainly are simpler to snare than others. Consider the willful self-incrimination by Jules Bahler, 21, that’s described in a complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, according to Detroit…
Parker: Marijuana Legalization Triples Poison Calls for Young Children
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The data on the costs to children–both in human and monetary terms—in states which have legalized marijuana continues to mount. Not only…
FBI Takes Note of the 7th Anniversary of the Disappearance of Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI issued a press release on Friday denoting the seven-year anniversary of the disappearance of former FBI agent Robert Levinson. The release said that Levinson, who turns 66 on March 10, retired from the FBI in 1998. On March 8, 2007, he traveled to Kish Island, Iran, “as a private…