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New Special Agent in Charge Takes Over FBI Office in Denver
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Denver office has a new leader. Thomas P. Ravenelle, who most recently served in the inspection division at FBI’s headquarters in Washington D.C., has been named as special agent in charge of the Denver office, CBS Denver reports. He replaces James Yacone, who left in March to work for the…
How Did Kidnappers of 3 Ohio Women Elude Detection for So Long? Authorities Investigating
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigators are questioning how three Ohio women were held in captivity for a decade inside a Cleveland house without being detected. As authorities arrested three brothers in the kidnapping Tuesday, investigators are talking to neighbors to see what, if anything, people have heard or seen at the house, Reuters reports. Cleveland Mayor…
Border Patrol Says Mountaintop Drug Spotters Eluding Authorities Because of Rules of Engagement
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The head of the U.S. Border Patrol told senators Tuesday that rules of engagement are too constraining and making it difficult to combat armed drug cartel spotters while atop U.S. mountains, the Washington Times reports. Cartels traditionally send out spotters on U.S. territory to inspect border protection. Border Patrol Chief Michael J….
Obama Administration Considers Making Internet Wiretapping Easier
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration is close to stiffening surveillance laws to make it easier to wiretap people who use the Internet, the New York Times reports. Saying it’s much easier to wiretap people using traditional phone services, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III wants the federal government to extend the practice to monitor…
Homeland Security Department Considering Charging Fees to Cross Border
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The cash-strapped Department of Homeland Security is mulling charging pedestrians and motorists a crossing fee to help pay for the costs of operating at port of entry, the Monitor reports. The analysis of the impact on fees is part of a proposed 2014 DHS budget. Part of the analysis includes whom…
FBI: Local Terrorist Attack Averted in Planning Stages Following Arrest of Minnesota Man
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI said a terrorist attack was disrupted in its planning stages when authorities found explosives and guns inside the mobile home of a Minnesota man, the Associated Press reports. Buford Rogers, 24, of Montevideo, appeared in court Monday after being charged with one count of being a felon in possession of…
Most Wanted Women: 8 Females Have Made the FBI’s Most Wanted List
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joanne Chesimard, 65, a convicted cop killer, recently became the first woman placed on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Terrorist List. While Chesimard made news by making the list, eight of the 500 people who appeared on the FBI’s most wanted fugitive list were women, Discovery reports. Discovery lists details of each…
FBI Error May Save Man from Execution in Mississippi Today
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A day before his planned execution. a Mississippi inmate made a last-minute appeal Monday after the FBI acknowledged it erred in analyzing the forensic evidence, the Washington Post reports. Willie Jerome Manning, 44, was to die today at 6 p.m. by lethal injection after being convicted of the 1992 killings of two…