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Rep. Barber Urges House Leaders To Make Certain Sequestration Doesn’t Result in Reduction In Border Patrol Agents’ Pay
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Rep. Ron Barber, D-Tucson, is urging House leaders to make sure budget cuts within the Department of Homeland Security don’t impact Border Patrol staffing levels or pay of its agents, according to a press release issued by his office. “Every dollar spent on lower-priority items means one less dollar spent to…
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“You can tell a lot about an opposing player, what they like to do,” McDermott said. “A lot of guys do the same moves to be honest. If I can close out to a guy and know what he usually likes to do I feel like I have a lot in my favor.”. On Tuesday,…
Members of Congress Mixed on Response to Russia’s Claims That FBI Dropped Ball in Boston Bombing Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Members of Congress who travelled to Russia to investigate whether the FBI could have prevented the Boston Marathon bombings have mixed feelings about the bureau’s response, The Hill reports. Russian security officials told the lawmakers that the FBI never responded to a letter warning about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the bombing suspects….
FBI Raids Offices of California State Senator, Latino Caucus in Mysterious Probe
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A California state senator and the Legislature’s Latino caucus appear to be the target of an FBI investigation, the Huffington Post reports. An FBI spokeswoman confirmed warrants were served Tuesday at 3 p.m. About six agents removed a half-dozen boxes and what appeared to be computer equipment, the Huffington Post wrote. Ron…
Justice Department Spying has ‘Chilling Effect’ on AP Reporters
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The discovery that feds were spying on the Associated Press has had a “chilling effect” on the news agency, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter said, the U.S. News reports. Reporter Martha Mendoza called the snooping “a massive and unprecedented intrusion” into the reporting of more than 20 reporters, the U.S. News wrote….
FBI Joins Search for Kidnapped Marine, His Family in Mexico
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is searching for the whereabouts of a U.S. Marine reservist, his father and uncle after they were kidnapped from a ranch in Mexico last month, Reuters reports. U.S. Marine Armando Torres III, who served in Iraq, was in La Barranca, close to the southern tip of Texas, when investigators in…
Randy “Duke” Cunningham To Be Released Tuesday From Prison
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, 71, gets out of prison today. The San Diego, eight-term Republican congressman was sentenced to more than eight years in prison in 2006 for accepting $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors that included a luxury house and yacht. He was released early for good behavior….