Actor Bill Paxton to Join Film About DEA, CIA and Mob

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Actor Bill Paxton is wrapping up negotiations to star alongside Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington in the cast of “2 Guns,” a movie about a DEA agent and undercover naval officer who unwittingly investigate each other when both steal mob money, Variety reports. Paxton’s role would be playing a high-ranking CIA operative…

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Immigrants Fearful of New Law Targeting Undocumented Residents

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new initiative to identify immigrants with criminal records in Massachusetts is terrifying many undocumented residents, the Boston Globe reports. The launch of the federal program allows the FBI to share the fingerprints of those arrested by local police with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. Although the initiative is intended to…

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Method to Track Firearms Stalled by Foes

By ERICA GOODE New York Times Identifying the firearm used in a crime is one of the biggest challenges for criminal investigators. But what if a shell casing picked up at a murder scene could immediately be tracked to the gun that fired it? A technique that uses laser technology and stamps a numeric code…

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