Border Patrol’s New Drone Radar Reveals Border Isn’t As Secure As Stated

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  New unmanned spy aircraft that flies over remote stretches of desert shows the U.S.-Mexico border isn’t as secure as the agency has claimed, the Center for Investigative Reporting reports. Records show more than 7,000 border crossers were detected by drones, but only 410 people were apprehended. Of those, 52 led to arrests,…

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Two Border Patrol Agents Accused of Forcing Immigrants to Strip, Eat Marijuana, on Trial

   Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Border Patrol agents accused of forcing drug smugglers to strip and eat marijuana are on trial this week on civil rights charges, the Huffington Post reports. Authorities said the border patrol agents left the four undocumented immigrants, wearing nothing but their underwear, to fend for themselves in the cold desert…

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Gun Store That Sold Weapons Found at Scene of Newtown School Shooting Had Hundreds of Violations

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The Connecticut gun store that sold two guns at the scene of the Newtown elementary school massacre had more than 500 violations of federal firearms regulations, reports the Journal News of Westchester County. Still, the ATF allowed the store to stay open without yanking the license until after the shooting, the Journal…

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Reagan Shooter John Hinckley Behaving Well

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John Hinckley, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has been behaving well. The Associated Press reports that he’s behaved well in the past year when leaving his home, a psychiatric hospital in Washington, to visit his mother in nearby Virginia. AP reported that Secret Service agents trailed Hinckley…

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