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Colorado Officials Pledge to Repeal Controversial Immigration Reporting Law
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Colorado moved closer Monday to repealing a controversial law that requires local police to determine the status of immigrants and report undocumented people to federal authorities, the Denver Post reports. A state House committee voted 9-2 to repeal the six-year-old law, SB 90, that state officials said has cost taxpayers $13 million…
Man Poses As FBI Agent Because He Was in Hurry to Pay Phone Bill
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Police are searching for a security guard who said he posed as an FBI agent and sped through San Francisco in a car with flashing lights and a blaring siren because he was rushing to pay his phone bill, the San Francisco Examiner reports. On Monday, a bench warrant was issued for…
FBI Says It Has Identified Thieves in Famous Gardner Museum Art Heist in 1990
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI announced Monday that it has identified the people involved in the theft of $500 million worth of masterworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990. “Today, we are pleased to announce that the FBI has made significant investigative progress in the search for the stolen art…
At Least 10 Lawsuits Claim Abuse, Discrimination at Hands of Border Patrol
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The family of a 4-year-old who was detained and deported to Guatemala for months despite being a U.S. citizens is among 10 to file suit against CBP, AlterNet reports. The lawsuits range from unlawful treatment to discrimination. Another lawsuit was filed by a 53-year-old woman who says she suffered a stroke after…
Border Patrol Reports Increase in Illegal Crossings Following Confluence of Problems
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is bracing for more illegal crossings following a confluence of problems related to the budget sequestration and Obama administration policies, the Washington Free Beacon reports. “It’s the perfect storm,” Stuart Harris, vice president of Local 1929 of the National Border Patrol Council in El Paso, Texas, told the Free Beacon….
FBI: ICE Agent Justified in Fatal Shooting of Colleague Who Turned Gun on Boss
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has determined that an ICE agent did nothing wrong when he gunned down a fellow agent who had fired shots at a supervisor in February 2012, the L.A. Times reports. Ezequiel Garcia fired six shots at Kevin Kozak, the Los Angeles field office’s second in command, during a meeting about…
FBI Investigated Whether Wall Street Journal Reporters Bribed Chinese Officials for Information
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s investigation into News Corporation last year included an inquiry into claims that the Wall Street Journal’s China bureau bribed local officials for information, the New York Times reports. It’s unclear what – if anything – the FBI found during the investigation, which originally began over a phone-hacking scandal in 2011. The…
Former DEA Officials Stand to Profit from Their Opposition to Marijuana Decriminalization
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two former top DEA officials who have been loudly urging the federal government to nullify marijuana decriminalization in Washington and Colorado stand to profit from making pot illegal, the U.S. News & World Report revealed. The retired officials, Robert L. DuPont, former White House drug czar under Presidents Nixon and Ford, and…