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FBI Uses Special Mobile Unit to Track Down Criminals
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI in Orange County has a special weapon against crime. It’s called the Regional Mobile Computer Forensic Laboratory, and it recently helped catch ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner, NBC 4 in Southern California reports. “It’s a self-enclosed mobile laboratory,” said Supervising Special Agent Jason Weiss of the Los Angeles-area Federal Bureau of…
Federal Agencies Rely More on Inaccurate Polygraphs During Criminal Probes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal agencies are increasingly relying on polygraphs for suspects despite concerns about the tests’ reliability, reports Center for Investigative Reporting. Although Congress banned the exam in most of the private sector 25 years ago, 17 federal agencies, including CBP, use polygraph tests, CIR wrote. The National Center for Credibility Assessment trains polygraphers,…
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Character to me is somebody you can always count on and I try to do that every day. Not surprising. The family sporting tree extends to Nurse mother, Cathy, who played basketball at McMaster University while his sisters, Tamira and Kia, played hoop at the University of Oregon and with Canada senior development program respectively….
FBI Agents Investigating Sen. Menendez Are Accused of Brow-Beating Two Maids for Information
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents investigating claims that U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez was attending sex parties with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic are accused of brow-beating two maids for information, the Miami Herald reports. The maids are asking the Dominican National Police to investigate the FBI’s handling of them, saying they were illegally detained and…
Former Head of FBI’s Office in Buffalo Is Expected to Enter Mayoral Race in Buffalo
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Bernard Tolbert, the former head of the FBI office in Buffalo, is entering the mayoral race as a Democrat and will take incumbent Byron Brown, the Buffalo News reports. Tolbert, 64, is expected to soon file his paperwork for a campaign finance committee. A Buffalo native and FBI veteran, Tolbert has been…
New Head of FBI Office in Philadelphia Finds Inspiration from Old Photo of His Dad
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Ed Hanko took over as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia office, he prominently displayed a photo of his father standing with about 60 other helmeted coal miners at a plant in Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The weathered black-and-white photo on his bookshelf reminds Hanko of how hard…
Report: ICE Agents Could Have Blown the Whistle on Bungled Fast & Furious Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ICE agents along the Arizona border became aware that ATF was allowing illegal guns to cross the border as part of the bungled Fast & Furious investigation, the Washington Guardian reports. But ICE agents, who were concerned and talked to local ATF officials about the unusual probe, never took the complaints to…
Homeland Security Spied on Occupy Wall Street Protests in about a Dozen U.S. Cities
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A division of the Department of Homeland Security spied and kept records on the Occupy Wall Street protests, even when they were peaceful the Huffington Post reports. More than 250 records obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund show the federal government was keeping close tabs on protesters. “Taken together, the…