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Michigan Man Says He’s Owed $25 Million Reward for Tip About Bin Laden’s Whereabouts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Michigan man claims the FBI owes him $25 million because he provided a tip that led the U.S. to Osama bin Laden, Yahoo news reports. Tom Lee, 63, of Grand Rapids, said he deserved the reward for bin Laden’s capture because he told authorities in 2003 about the terrorist’s whereabouts. Yahoo…
Border Patrol Agents Make About 420,000 Arrests Last Budget Year – a 15% Increase
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents arrested more than 420,000 people – a 15% increase – in the past budget year that ended in September, the Associated Press reports. This is the second consecutive year for an uptick in arrests following a 40-year low in apprehensions in 2011, the AP wrote. The arrests represent about 320,000…
Off-Duty FBI Agent Prompts Debate about Guns in Nebraska Schools
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty FBI agent’s decision to take a gun into an elementary school in Nebraska has prompted debate about addressing the state’s gun law, Omaha World-Herald reports. A parent at a Papillion elementary school spotted the gun and asked the school board to clarify the law on plainclothes officers carrying weapons. Nebraska…
Was President Obama’s Amusing Anecdote About a Mobster and FBI Director Comey Even True?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Barack Obama had a very amusing anecdote several days ago when praising James Comey as his choice to head the FBI during Comey’s official installment at FBI headquarters. The only question is: Was it even true? Jerry Capeci, mob expert who runs the website Gang Land News, reported that the…
Weekend Series on Law Enforcement History: Nixon Talks to LBJ About J. Edgar Hoover’s Death
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TSA Officer Killed at LAX
By JENNIFER MEDINA, IAN LOVETT and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS New York Times LOS ANGELES — A Transportation Security Administration officer was killed Friday at Los Angeles International Airport in a shooting that left several other T.S.A. employees injured and led the authorities to evacuate thousands of passengers and temporarily ground all flights there, the authorities said….
FBI, Other Feds Face Budget Cuts That Could Mean Fewer Personnel
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Budget cuts in 2014 could mean fewer FBI agents and other reductions to federal law enforcement agencies, CNN reports. “What we’re going to see is really tough decisions, really cutting into the bone of programs,” said Scott Klinger, director of revenue and spending policies at the Center for Effective Government, a budget…
FBI Reports ‘Solid New Leads’ in Mysterious 1966 Kidnapping of Chicago Baby
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The unsolved case of a baby stolen from his mother in Chicago nearly a half century ago is a nagging mystery to many. Now the FBI says it has “solid new leads” in the 1966 case, ABC News reports. The parents, Chester and Dora Fronczak, thought they found their son Paul in…