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Records: FBI Knew American-born Muslim Cleric Provided Sept. 11 Hijackers Airline Tickets
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com At least three of the hijackers on Sept. 11, 2011, received advance airline tickets from an American-born Muslim cleric killed in 2011 by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, Fox News reports, citing newly released FBI records. The cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, likely purchased the tickets within days of the terrorist attacks, likely…
FBI: Hammers, Clubs More Deadly Than Rifles, Shotguns
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Despite all the attention paid to gun violence, hammers and clubs kill more people each year than rifles and shotguns, FBI records indicate, CBS DC reports. Nearly 500 people were killed by hammers and clubs, compared to 323 with rifles and 356 with shotguns. The statistics are deceptive, though, because other types…
Editorial: ATF Left Without Teeth to Enforce Gun Laws
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial One of the gun lobby’s favorite mantras is that the nation doesn’t need any more laws to keep weapons out of the hands of criminals; it needs to start by enforcing those that are on the books. But that argument evaporates upon closer inspection of the federal government’s systems for tracking and…
Detroit to Get $14 Million Border Patrol Station to Replace Old Building
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The U.S. Border Patrol is building a new station in Detroit after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $14 million contract for the design construction of the new building, the Associated Press reports. The 45,000-square-foot facility is expected to be done in spring 2015. It is to include…
Former FBI Agent Faces Up to 13 Years for Fatal Drunken-Driving Crash
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent who killed a teenager in a drunken-driving crash in Maryland could be sentenced to up to 13 years in prison today, the Associated Press reports. Adrian Johnson was convicted in October of motor vehicle manslaughter and homicide by motor vehicle while intoxicated after crashing his car into another…
U.S. Border Patrol Rescues Injured Boy in Mountains of New Mexico
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Border Patrol rescued a child who injured his leg on a hunting trip in the mountains of New Mexico, the Associated Press reports. A Border Patrol crew from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Air and Marine in El Paso rushed to save the child in mountains near Deming….
Alabama Releases Over-the-Top Instructional Video on Mass Shootings
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Alabama Department of Homeland Security released an unusual instructional video on how respond to a mass shooting, Gawker reports. With haunting music and blood spatter, the six-minute video “scares the shit out of everyone who watches it,” Gawker reported. The video, produced originally by the Houston Police Department, depicts an office…
Investors Business Daily: AG Eric Holder Smears Bankers with Scant Evidence
Investors Business Daily Opinion In an end-of-year press release — posted under the banner headline “Accomplishments Under the Leadership of Attorney General Eric Holder” — the Justice Department boasts of charging “nearly 3,000” bankers with lending discrimination and fraud. If all of them were guilty, this would be quite an accomplishment. Few would argue that…