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FBI Busts Alleged Mastermind Behind Underground Marketplace for Drugs Online
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigators have struggled for two years to stop an online, underground marketplace from selling more than $1 billion in cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and other illicit drugs in exchange for a virtual currency called Bitcoin, The Verge reports. But now it appears the FBI has snagged the mastermind, Ross Ulbricht, who is being…
ATF Sniper Recalls News Coverage of Deadly Waco Raid in Texas Two Decades LAter
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the first snipers on the scene at the deadly Waco clash in Texas was Wendel Frost, an ATF agent at the time. Now that he’s retired, Frost, who now lives in Cleveland, can speak openly about the controversial raid in 1993. Frost said he was frustrated with new coverage that…
Homeland Security Surveillance at Football Game Draws Ire from Phoenix Councilman
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Phoenix Councilman Sal DiCiccio was enjoying the atmosphere outside of an Arizona State University football game when he saw a disturbing image – a truck mounted with a camera. ABC 15 News reports that the vehicle was part of a multi-jurisdictional operation with the Phoenix Police Department’s Homeland Security Team. On his Facebook…
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Suspends Classes, Education
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An enormous law enforcement center in southeast Georgia has suspended classes and sent a vast majority of its employees home because of the government shutdown, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, which is so large that it has its own ZIP code, is mostly quiet. The building…
FBI Tries to Manage During Government Shutdown, Hopes for the Best
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is worried about the impact the government shutdown will have on investigating crime. Already hammered by budget cuts and sequestration, the FBI is operating without employees deemed “non-essential,” the Washington Times reports. A month ago, the FBI Agents Association said in a report that it’s concerned about budget cuts that…
Queens Man Claims FBI Placed Him on No Fly List for Not Acting As Informant
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Queens man said the FBI put him on the no-fly list in retaliation for not acting as an informant, the New York Daily News reports. Muhammad Tanvir is accusing FBI agents of barring him from air travel because he refused to act as an informant to get intelligence on Muslim neighbors….
Justice Department Official Who Resigned in Protest in ’80s Dies at 83
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Arnold I. Burns was a top Justice Department official in the 1980s when he and others resigned in protest of Attorney General Edwin Meese III’s handling of Iran contra and a number of other issues. Burns died of cardiac arrest and complications from Parkinson’s disease, the New York Times reports. He was…
Man Who Stabbed Border Patrol Dog in Neck Sentenced to Six Months in Prison
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Guatemalan man who stabbed a Border Patrol dog in the neck was sentenced to six months in prison Tuesday, The Monitor reports. Luis Gilberto Cruz Solis also will be deported. Solis was with a group of about 30 people who illegally crossed the border in May, according to the Monitor. As…