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Former Secret Service Agent Among Millions Losing Their Insurance Plan Under Obamacare
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com You’ve probably heard of the millions of Americans who say they’ve lost their insurance plan because of the Affordable Care Act requirements. Among those unlucky souls is a former Secret Service agent, the Washington Times reports. Dan Bongino, who was a Secret Service agent for 12 years under the Clinton and Obama…
Border Patrol Chief: ‘Alarming’ Alcohol Problem Among Agency’s Staff
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Border Patrol has an “alarming” and “detrimental” alcohol problem among its agents, according to an internal memo from the agency’s chief, ABC News 10 reports. “The Border Patrol is averaging almost two alcohol-related arrests per week,” U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher wrote in the memo. “This continued level and…
FBI Worries Mysterious Cyber Attacks Are Increasing on Federal Agency Websites
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A mysterious hacking group is breaching federal computer systems and gaining access to thousands of people’s personal information, Fox News reports. The FBI issued warnings to federal agencies that the hackers, who are associated with Anonymous, may becoming more widespread. So far, the agencies affected were the U.S. Army, Department of Energy…
Former FBI Agent Convinced JFK Assassination Was CIA Plot
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com William Turner isn’t just any conspiracy theorist. An FBI agent from 1951 to 1961, Turner was working as a journalist when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He was a trained investigator and wanted to learn more about the breakdown in security that November day in 1963, CBS 13 reports. During his investigation,…
Boston Herald: ‘Whitey’ Bulger Was Motivated by Greed, Making His Career Even More Heinous
By Howie Carr Boston Herald If Whitey dies before we find his blood money, he wins. This is the last unfinished chapter in the sordid tale of the Bulgers. Where is Whitey’s dough? So far, they’ve found four of his safe-deposit boxes — in Montreal, Clearwater, London and Dublin — so how many more do…
The Day the FBI Could No Longer Deny the Existence of the Mafia
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was a breezy November day in 1957 when the FBI had no choice but to admit that the mafia not only existed, but it operated on a national level, Slate reports. It was Nov. 14, 1957 – 56 years ago Thursday. New York state troopers were alarmed by the number of out-of-state,…
California Lawmaker Says FBI Tried to Get Him to Rat Out Two Top Democrats
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A California lawmaker says the FBI raided his office because he refused to rat out two of the state’s top Democrats, NBC News reports. State Sen. Ronald Calderon, D-Montebello, filed a federal complaint, saying agents asked him to “sting” Sen. Darrell Steinberg, leader of the state Senate’s Democratic majority and Sen. Kevin…