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FBI Investigates Small New York Town After It Bungled Big Baseball Stadium Deal
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Let’s just say taxpayers are fed up. A top elected official in Ramapo, NJ, pledged to bring a minor-league baseball team to the small town about 40 miles northwest of New York City if a new stadium was built at no cost to taxpayers, Bloomberg News reports. Now, taxpayers are on the…
With Terrorism And Other Crimes, Chicago’s FBI Struggles to Find Resources to Combat Violent Crime in Chicago
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the FBI’s Chicago office continues to make terrorism a top priority, the bureau is facing pressure to help quell violence in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. But Robert Holley, the special agent in charge in Chicago, said his office lacks the staff to adequately combat violent crime. In addition to terrorism,…
New York Times: New Homeland Security Head Jeh Johnson Needs to Fix Immigration Enforcement
New York Times Editorial The Senate has confirmed Jeh Johnson, once the Pentagon’s top lawyer, to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Johnson brings a sharp legal mind and reputation for probity to the job. He will need both to manage the department, a daunting agglomeration of agencies and missions and chronic management problems….
The FBI Listed ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ As Communist Propaganda Intended to Malign the Upper Class
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a Christmas classic that has brought countless families together since the film’s release in 1946. But the FBI saw something far more sinister – Communist propaganda that “deliberately maligned the upper class,” according to Quartz.com., which cites a 1947 FBI report. You see, Mr. Potter, the depraved banker…
Former FBI Agent Takes Key Role in Oversight of Billions of Dollars in Settlement Money from BP Oil Spill
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent will oversee the Deepwater Horizon Court-Supervised Settlement Program, which is responsible for paying out billions of dollars in private claims following the 2010 BP oil spill the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. That job goes to David Welker, who served as special agent in charge of the FBI’s New…
FBI: Michigan Man Had Nothing to Do with Capture of Osama Bin Laden in 2011
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In case you were wondering, a Michigan gem dealer had nothing to do with the capture of Osama bin Laden. So says the FBI after Grand Rapids resident Tom Lee claimed he gave accurate information about the terrorist’s whereabouts in 2003, MLive.com reports. Lee’s information was “not actionable” and “did not contribute”…
ATF Officials Defend Use of People with Mental Disabilities in Storefront Stings Nationwide
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Top ATF officials said they did nothing wrong by using people with mental disabilities in storefront stings nationwide, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The comments came during a meeting with The Arc, a disability rights group, that was outraged by the discovery that ATF agents used rogue tactics to conduct storefront stings….