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House Bill Would Prohibit Secret Collection of Americans’ Records Without Approval of Surveillance Court
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. House is considering a bill that would restrict the ability of the FBI and NSA to secretly collect records of U.S. citizens, the Missoulian reports. The bill, introduced on Thursday by John Waslh, D-Mont., would ban the collection of telephone, financial and e-mail records without the approval of the Foreign…
Jim Gilmore: Balancing Challenges of Homeland Security And Civil Liberities
By Jim Gilmore The Washington Times Our country is currently in a struggle between the need to protect our citizens from terrorism and the need to protect the civil liberties of our citizens. How can we do both while not sacrificing either? During my five years as chairman of the National Commission on Homeland Security,…
DEA Albuquerque Office Gets New Leadership Role As Assistant Special Agent in Charge
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Sean R. Waite, a longtime DEA agent, has been appointed as a new agent in charge of the agency’s Albuquerque, NM, office, the Republic reports. Waite replaces Keith Brown, who left to become the agent in charge of the DEA’s New Orleans field office last year. The office is part of the…
ATF Agent Awarded for His Time Spent Mentoring for Big Brothers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As if being an ATF agent wasn’t busy enough, Larry Wozniak has spent countless hours mentoring a boy who is now 17 years old. CBS LA reports that Wozniak was named Orange County’s Big Brother of the year for his time dedicated to mentoring children. “Sometimes you see kids that stray for…
Senate Narrowly Rejects Obama’s Choice to Lead Justice Department’s Civil Rights Unit
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Senate on Wednesday narrowly rejected President Obama’s choice to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. The 47-52 vote was shy of the majority needed, the New York Daily News reports. Debo Adegbile couldn’t muster a majority because eight Democrats joined all 44 Republicans in voting no. At issue was…
FBI Expected to Announce New Investigation of String of Stabbings in California in 1976
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The 1976 string of stabbings in California was horrific and never yielded much of a clue about the suspect. Now, the FBI is expected to announce today a possible link between the five homicides in San Mateo County and a murder in Reno during the same time period, KTVU reports. The bureau…
Ex-Border Patrol Agent in Texas Charged with Murder in Death of Wife’s Alleged Lover
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Border Patrol agent accused of killing a man for allegedly having an affair with his wife has been indicted in the fatal shooting in Texas, the Associated Press reports. Adam Garibay was lodged in the Medina County Jail on Wednesday on charges of murder, assault and evading arrest. He is…
Is Pot More Dangerous Than Alcohol? DEA Deputy Director Refuses to Answer Question Before Congress
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was a simple question: Is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol? Yet DEA Deputy Director Thomas Harrigan wouldn’t provide an answer during a House oversight committee hearing. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-TN, asked because DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart insisted in January that pot is more dangerous than alcohol. “Marijuana is a Schedule I…