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Sources: D.C. Mayor to Propose Keeping FBI Headquarters in the Capitol
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray plans to propose that federal authorities relocate the FBI headquarters from its outdated building to another part of the capitol, the Washington Post reports. Sources told the Post that Gray wants feds to move headquarters from Pennsylvania Avenue NW to Poplar Point, between Interstate 295 and the…
FBI Agents Are Accused of Bugging Boss’ Office, Buying Sex, Texting Lurid Photos
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It appears some FBI agents are having a little bit too much fun on the job, internal disciplinary reports obtained by CNN show. The reports indicate agents bugged a boss’ office, sent naked photos to co-workers, sexted on the job and paid for sex at a message parlor, CNN reported. The FBI,…
Sierra Club Accused Border Patrol of Endangering Wildlife, Environment in Arizona
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The environmental group, Sierra Club, has released a video that shows untold damage from Border Patrol roads cut into the desert through the Organ Pipe National Monument and the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona, the Arizona Daily Star reports. Activists say the Border Patrol has far more road than is…
Border Patrol Agent Who Causes Car Crash Jumps Out to Rescue Other Driver
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent who was injured in a two-car accident while responding to a call in his government-issued SUV Thursday morning collapsed while trying to help the driver of the other car in Corpus Christi, Texas, witnesses told KRIS TV. Immediately after the crash, which appears to be the…
Ex-ATF Official Gregory Lee Holley Sr. Fatally Shot in Suburban D.C. Robbery
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former ATF agent, who headed up the Detroit office several years ago, was robbed and fatally shot on Wednesday night in suburban D.C., WUSA9 reports. The station reported that Gregory Lee Holley Sr., 55, of Woodbridge,Va. was shot while he was walking his dog around 9:40 p.m. When police got…
America’s Drug Appetite Helps Make Honduras One of the Most Dangerous Places on the Globe
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — I spent last week in Honduras with a couple dozen friends under the watchful and protective eye of…
Pittsburgh Police Chief Resigns Under Pressure Amid FBI Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper resigned Wednesday amid a federal investigation into his department, the Associated Press reports. The AP wrote that Mayor Luke Ravenstahl met earlier in the day with FBI agents and decided Harper should step down. “I’m not going to talk to you about the chief’s reaction,” the mayor…
Online Activist Who Committed Suicide Was Being Closely Monitored by FBI
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Aaron Swartz, an online activist who committed suicide last month, was being closely tracked by the FBI, Salon reports. Records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show agents monitored the 26-year-old’s activity on the internet and collected information on even banal online activity, Salon wrote. The probe began when the FBI…