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High-Ranking DOJ Official Tries to Improve Life for Native Americans
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DOJ’s third-highest official is traveling to the Dakotas to for a hearing on the impact of violence on Native Americans and their children, the Associated Press reports. “One of the reasons why it’s important for me to go to Indian country periodically is to remind myself that people living there do…
Border Patrol Agent Finds 2-Year-Old Boy Left Behind in Desert in New Mexico
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are trying to figure out the identity of a 2-year-old boy who was found in the desert, the El Paso Times reports. A Border Patrol agent spotted the child and a man between Anapra and the Santa Teresa point of entry in New Mexico. The man fled back to Mexico…
FBI’s Search for ‘Mo,’ Suspect in Bomb Threats, Highlights Use of Malware for Surveillance
By Craig Timberg and Ellen Nakashima Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON –– The man who called himself “Mo” had dark hair, a foreign accent and — if the pictures he e-mailed to federal investigators could be believed — an Iranian military uniform. When he made a series of threats to detonate bombs at universities and…
FBI Likely to Leave Washington D.C. Because of Stringent Criteria on New Headquarters
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI most likely will leave Washington D.C. to find a new home because of strict criteria on the land, the Washington Post reports. The new site must be at least 50 acres and within two miles from a Metro station. That puts D.C. out of the picture, the Post reported….
ATF Gets Involved in Protecting World-Renowned Open-Air Art Exhibit in Detriot
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The ATF is protecting art in Detroit. Arsonists struck the world-renowned open-air exhibit – the Heidelberg Project – at least seven times since May 2, burning down entire homes that are used as installations. The ATF on Thursday announced it was offering a $5,000 reward for the arrest and conviction…
Ex-Secret Service Agent Contends U.S. Bureaucracy Is ‘Very, Very Dangerous’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent who recently wrote a book about his experience with the federal agency, said the government’s growing bureaucracy is “very, very dangerous,” the Blaze reports. Bongino, who wrote “Life Inside the Bubble: Why a Top-Ranked Secret Service Agent Walked Away from it All,” was speaking…
Mexican Drug Lord Who Killed DEA Agent Accused of Stashing Billions of Dollars in Secret Overseas Accounts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who ordered the kidnapping, torture and killing of DEA agent Enrique Camarena in 1985, has stashed billion of dollars in secret overseas accounts, an ex-DEA agent claims. “Caro Quintero had billions of dollars stashed in secret bank accounts in Luxembourg and in Switzerland,” former DEA agent…