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Amber Alert Website Restored After Outrage Expressed Over Shutdown
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The federal government’s Amber Alert website was restored Monday morning after people expressed outrage. The site, www.AmberAlert.gov, was temporarily taken offline because of the government shutdown. “The Amber Alert system was never interrupted, but to eliminate any confusion, the informational site maintained by the Justice Department has been restored,” Justice Department spokesman…
Most Dangerous States Are Not What You Might Expect
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Think of the most dangerous states in the U.S. and you’re likely to name places like Michigan, New York, California and Texas. They have large cities with reputations for violence. But newly released FBI statistics show the most dangerous states are Tennessee, Nevada and Alaska, the USA Today reports. You are more…
Feds Take Amber Alert Site Offline as Part of Gov’t Shutdown
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department shut down its Amber Alert website (www.amberalert.gov) because of the government shutdown. Instead of featuring photos and other urgent information about missing children, the site tells visitors, “Due to the lapse in federal funding, this Office of Justice Programs (OJP) website is unavailable.” The site was set up to…
Controversial Ex-FBI Agent John Guandolo Has Authored a Book on Islam
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI agent John Guandolo, a controversial figure who has been described in some circles as a nationally recognized expert on the Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamic Movement has authored a new book “Raising a Jihadi Generation.” Guandolo has been praised for his knowledge of the Islamic world. “Raising a Jihadi Generation needs…
‘Silk Road’ Bust Reveals Challenge of Cracking Secret Internet
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When federal agents swarmed Silk Road founder Ross William Ulbricht at a public library in San Francisco, the arrest of the alleged kingpin did little to curtail others from selling and buying drugs on the Internet’s largely untraceable underground, the Baltimore Sun reports. Silk Road is not the only online drug marketplace….
One of FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists in U.S. Custody After Capture in Libya
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A few days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Anas al Libi was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list. The reward – $25 million, the same amount offered for the capture of Osama bin Laden. On Saturday, authorities finally captured al Libi in Libya, accusing him of being one of the…
So Many ‘Whitey’ Bulger Books! Even He’s Writing One
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Long before James “Whitey” Bulger was captured in California in 2011, the notorious mobster was the subject of more than a dozen books. Now that he’s been convicted and headed to prison for life, many more books are in the works – “books by relatives of his victims, books by his crime…
Fundraiser for FBI Agent Karen Pabon, Who Died of Cancer
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI agents are trying to help out the family of special agent Karen Pabon, who died recently after battling cancer.. Pabon was a was assigned to the South Jersey RA on their JTTF for the past year and a half and was in the Philly office for about 5 years before…