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ATF Nominee B. Todd Jones Faces Inquiry Following Retaliation Claims
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An independent watchdog group for the Justice Department is investigating claims that President Obama’s nominee to head the ATF retaliated against a whistleblower, the Roll Call reports. B. Todd Jones is accused of suspending an employee in retaliation for lodging a complaint. Carolyn N. Lerner, the head of the Office of…
Report: ATF Fails to Inspect Majority of Licensed Gun Dealers in Past 5 Years
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF has failed to inspect 58% of licensed gun dealers every five years because of understaffing and other obligations, the Houston Chronicle reports. The Justice Department’s inspector general examined data from 2007 to 2012. The report also criticized the ATF’s failure to track its industry operations investigators. Most of the blame…
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FBI Found No Trace of Ricin at Mississippi Home of Man Accused of Mailing Poisonous Letters
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigators found no traces of ricin in the house of the Mississippi man accused of mailing the toxic letters to President Obama, a senator and local judge, the Associated Press reports. Agents believe Paul Kevin Curtis sent the letters but they have been unable to find evidence, including on his computer. Curtis’…
FBI Catches Heat After Discovery That Bureau Was Warned About Boston Bombing Suspect
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI investigated one of the Boston bombing suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, two years ago after Russia warned about his shift toward Islamic extremism, CNN reports. Now, some members of Congress are calling for an investigation to determine how Tsarnaev managed to convince the FBI that he wasn’t a threat, CNN wrote. The…
Luck Saves Lives of ATF Agent, Informants After Suspects’ Guns Discharge
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ATF agent and two informants are alive today because the guns of two drug-dealing suspects failed to discharge. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that Frederick “Freaky” Crayton, 23 (pictured to the right) and James “J. Blood” Jones, 21, tried to open fire on the agent and informants in a car…
Two Men Arrested in Alleged Plot to Blow Up Commuter Rail Between Toronto and U.S.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two men accused of plotting to blow up a major commuter rail between Toronto and the U.S. were arrested Monday, Newsday reports. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the attack involved al-Qaida “elements” in Iran but did not pose imminent danger, Newsday wrote. The FBI helped investigate. Police said the attack was…