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New Outpost for Customs and Border Patrol Agents in New Mexico Is Stalled More Than a Year
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal officials botched the planning of a $15 million outpost in New Mexico for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents, leading to more than a year of delays, the Associated Press reports. Customs and Border Patrol agents will continue to work out of trailers in Antelope Wells,…
Senate Committee Investigates FBI’s Handling of Ex-CIA Director Petraeus Extramarital Affair
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is under fire for not immediately disclosing the extramarital affair of ex-CIA Director David H. Petraeus to the White House and Congress, Bloomberg News reports. Saying the affair “could have had an effect on national security,” California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said the investigation should have been revealed more quickly. The…
Znaimer peered down from the walls
According to testimony, the boy has admitted he was present for the homicides. He is not suspected of being the shooter, but is charged with two counts of murder as an accomplice. The Herald is not identifying the teen because he is a minor. The Docs to Watch series returns, focusing exclusively on eight of…
The FBI Probe and the Fall of Gen. David Patraeus
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Ex-Fla. Chief of ICE Anthony Mangione Gets 70 Months in Prison for Child Porn
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The former head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Southern Florida was sentenced Friday to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison on a child pornography charge. The Sun-Sentinel newspaper reported that Anthony Mangione, 52, pleaded guilty in July to e-mailing child pornography to a former school bus…
Judge Delays Whitey Bulger Trial til June 6
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal judge has delayed the trial of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger until June 6, the Boston Herald reports. Bulger, who had been hospitalized for chest pains, and was released earlier this week, was set to go to trial this week. “The complexity of the case, the multiplicity of defendants, the…
Home Depot Worker Charged on Accusations of Planting Bomb in Store for Ransom Money
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Home Depot worker has been arrested for threatening to detonate bombs inside the stores unless he received $2 million in ransom money, the New York Daily News reports. Daniel Patrick Sheehan, 50, threatened to shut down all Long Island stores on Black Friday by detonating three pipe bombs inside Home Depots,…