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FBI’s Mueller: Bureau Uses Surveillance Drones Domestically in ‘Very, Very Minimal Way’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Outgoing FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged for the first time that the bureau uses surveillance drones inside the U.S., the L.A. Times reports. Testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Mueller said remotely piloted aircraft are used “in a very, very minimal way and very seldom.” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, called…
CBP Employees Dodge Furloughs with Congressional Approval
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Customs and Border workers won’t be forced to take furloughs this year as originally feared, Government Executive reports. CBP employees, who initially faced 14 furlough days in fiscal 2013, dodged the forced days off through appropriations approved by Congress. It was good news for the more than 20,000 CBP workers who feared…
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F.B.I. Director Warns Against Dismantling Surveillance Program
By CHARLIE SAVAGE New York Times WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, warned Wednesday that dismantling the National Security Agency’s once-secret program that is keeping records of billions of domestic phone calls by Americans would slow down investigators as they seek to stop terrorist attacks. Testifying before…
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Ex-Mob Prosecutor on Hoffa Dig: ‘That’s the Last One We’ll Ever See’
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– So maybe we’ve seen the last Jimmy Hoffa dig for a long long time. Perhaps ever. On Wednesday, two days after it began, the FBI stopped rooting around for a skeleton in Oakland Township Former mob federal prosecutor Keith Corbett said he doesn’t expect to see another…
Surprise Surprise: FBI Comes Up Empty Handed in Search For Jimmy Hoffa in Suburban Detroit
By Alan Stamm Deadline Detroit The show in Oakland Township is over, the FBI says. Candice Williams and Mike Martindale report details for The Detroit News: After stretching into a third day, the search for the body of missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday morning in a rural field in northern Oakland County. FBI…
ICE Director John Morton Plans to Leave Agency in July
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ICE Director John Morton, who oversaw a spike in immigrant deportations, announced he’s leaving the agency, UPI reports. Morton, who was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in May 2009, said he plans to leave the agency at the end of July. “I am extremely proud of what we have accomplished together during…