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Border Patrol Pilot in Hot Water After Flying Helicopter Over Football Field for Son
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A father who flew a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol helicopter over a high school football field in northern Virginia has some explaining to do, the Washington Times reports. From the low-flying helicopter, the border patrol pilot dropped a stuffed animal that carried an invitation to the homecoming dance from his son…
IG Report On Fast and Furious Points Finger at 14 From ATF and Justice
By Richard A. Serrano Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON – Fourteen federal law enforcement officials – from field agents in Arizona to top managers in the ATF and Department of Justice in Washington – created a “significant danger to public safety” under Operation Fast and Furious and were referred for possible job discipline for carrying out…
FBI to Test New ‘Rapid DNA’ Testing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI hopes to soon test new technology that would analyze DNA almost instantly, Network World reports. The so-called Rapid DNA machine is designed to pinpoint someone’s identity with a simple cotton swab of saliva, according to Network World. While authorities have been using DNA tests to help solve crimes since the…
FBI Team Arrives in Libya to Investigate Deaths of Four Americans
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A team of FBI agents is in Libya to investigate the killings of four Americans during an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the Washington Post reports. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday an undisclosed number of agents arrived in Libya following delays fueled by concerns about continued violence,…
Renoir Painting Stolen at Gunpoint Makes FBI’s Top Ten Art Crimes List
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has added a stolen Renoir painting to its global gallery of most wanted art pieces, the bureau announced Tuesday. Last year an armed man with a ski mask swiped the painting, “Madeleine Leaning Her Elbow with Flowers in Her Hair,” from a private Texas home. “We hope that adding the…
Slain Border Patrol Agent Honored with Naming of New Station
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was gunned down in a 2010 shootout with bandits north of the Mexican border in December 2010, the Associated Press reports. His memory was honored Tuesday with the grand opening of a new Border Patrol station named after him. The fatal shooting caused an uproar after authorities…
Justice Department: Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina Routinely Violated Rights of Latinos
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A two-year probe by the U.S. Department of Justice has concluded that a North Carolina sheriff and his deputies targeted and arrested Latinos without probable cause, the Associated Press reports. An 11-page report issued Tuesday says Alamance County Sheriff Terry S. Johnson and his deputies trampled on the constitutional rights of Latinos…