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FBI Investigates Who Posted Personal, Financial Information on Government Officials, Celebrities
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to determine who posted private financial and personal information on a website about top government leaders and celebrities such as Mel Gibson and Jay-Z, the Associated Press reports. Even the Social Security number, address and credit report of FBI Director Robert Mueller were posted on the site, which…

TSA Draw Criticism for New Policy That Would Allow Knives, Golf Clubs on Planes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The announcement by the Transportation Security Administration last week that knives and other prohibited items will be permitted in airline cabs has incensed some travelers, lawmakers, aviation professionals and TSA employees, CNN reports. “I am aware of the argument that anything can be made into a weapon, but knives make it easy,”…

Border Patrol Workers Face Up to 40% Pay Cuts under New Budget Reductions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol employees will lose up to 40% of their pay if they are forced to take 14 days of unpaid leave and eliminate overtime, Tucson News Now reports. The agency released a statement: “In order to address the more than half a billion in budget cuts imposed by sequestration, U.S. Customs…

FBI Overreaches to Set Up Potential Terrorists in Phony Attacks
By Business Insider Opinion The Federal Bureau of Investigation has busted an impressive number of homegrown terror plots over the past decade, but many people don’t realize how these plots materialize. In some cases, they are hatched not from a cave-dwelling fanatic, but actually from the Bureau itself. Ever since 9/11, the task of thwarting…

In Surprise Move, Judge Jails Ex-Detroit Mayor After Jury Convicts Him
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– In a dramatic scene, a federal judge Monday afternoon ordered Kwame Kilpatrick and Bobby Ferguson off to jail pending their sentencing on public corruption charges. After the ruling deputy U.S. Marshals approached the men, who both took off their suit jackets. They were then put in handcuffs….

Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! Jury Convicts Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, His Dad and Good Friend
By Allan Lengel and Bill McGraw Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Kwame Kilpatrick, the youngest mayor in Detroit history, who became a devisive figure and ended up in trouble with the law time after time, was convicted by a Detroit federal jury today on numerous public corruption charges, along with his long-time friend Bobby Ferguson. His…

Police and FBI Tracked bin Laden’s Son-in-Law For About 10 Years
By Mark Hosenball Reuters WASHINGTON – U.S. investigators tracked Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, for about 10 years before he was detained in Jordan and brought by the FBI to New York City in the past few days, U.S. officials familiar with the investigation said. An FBI agent and a New…

Iran Says It Wants to Help Find Out About Whereabouts of Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Have we heard this before? The Associated Press reports that Iran’s foreign minister says his country is prepared to help find out what happened to retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished six years ago while traveling to the Iranian island of Kish. Iran has indicated in the past that Levinson…