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Cop a feel as you watch The Late Show rather than retreating
Holding times vary vastly but the fund does not fall in love with its investments. Some cars have enabled the fund to realise a healthy double digit profit in as little as three months, while others will remain in the fund for up to a few years. Also, and perhaps of more interest for most,…
FBI Trip Wires Help in Battle Against Terrorism
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has foiled terrorist attacks and saved lives using so-called trip wires, Dr. Vahid Majidi, the former assistant FBI director in charge of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, tells Newsmax. Ronald Kessler writes: The wires are designed to tip off the FBI of potential terrorists by identifying people who buy…
Senior ATF Official Accused of Collecting Pay From Private Sector Pay While On Leave
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A top official of the ATF who was involved in the controversial gun operation “Fast and Furious” is working full time for investment bank J.P. Morgan while also collecting a government salary, according to two Republican lawmakers, Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post reports. Deputy Assistant ATF Director William McMahon has been…
Lawsuit Causes Turmoil, Uncertainty at ICE Offices
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A gender discrimination lawsuit has caused a sense of unrest and turmoil at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the New York Times reports. The lawsuit, which accuses the agency of retaliation and choosing female employees over male employees, also says the agency’s chief of staff, Suzanne Barr, created a hostile, sexualized environment at…
Threats to President Obama Lands Washington Man in Jail
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Washington state man is in custody after the FBI notified the Secret Service of emails threats against President Obama, Reuters reports. The Secret Service described the emails from Anton Caluori, 31, as alarming but didn’t elaborate. Agents found Caluori brandishing a shotgun when they arrived at his home south of Seattle…
Ex-Border Patrol Union Leader Accused of Fraud
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired president of the union representing U.S. Border Patrol Agents is accused of using hundreds of thousands of dollars in labor funds for personal use beginning in 2007, New American reports. Terrence J. “T.J.” Bonner, who is accused of 12 counts of conspiring to commit fraud, was indicted by a…
FBI: More Local Police to Use Facial Recognition Program
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Local police across the country soon will be using the FBI’s facial recognition software to help identify suspects, reports Government Computer News. The FBI is extending its facial recognition pilot to other states after Michigan began testing the program in February. Hawaii and Maryland are planning to sign on to the program. Others…
Florida Retreat of Gangster Mom Ma Barker Up for Sale
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Up for sale: Two story, lakefront Florida retreat riddled with bullets. The suggested starting price: $1 million. The frame house in rural Ocklawaha, about 60 miles northwest of Orlando, is where FBI agents killed legendary Ma Barker in 1935, Reuters reports. She was the mother of some gangsters of the Barker and…