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Column: Ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Finds Trial Almost Laughable: I Find it Depressing
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT — The other day ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick tweeted: “If this case was in another State, not paid for by taxpayers, & my life was not on the line, this ish would be laughable.” Well, yes, perhaps almost laughable for Kwame. Depressing for the rest of us. For…
National Geographic Launches Show Monday Night: “To Catch a Smuggler”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The National Geographic Channel launches its new series Monday night at 9 p.m. “To Catch a Smuggler.” The show takes viewers behind the scenes at JFK International Airport with agents from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who are looking for drugs, weapon and contraband,…
Laser Attacks on Pilots Prompt FBI to Create Nationwide Crackdown
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com To crackdown on the increasing number of people pointing at pilots, the FBI has created a national Anti-Laser Attack Task Force, Gizmodo.com reports. Since 2005, so-called laser attacks, which can temporarily blind a pilot, are up 10 fold, the technology site reported. In fact, the FBI expects 3,700 more attacks by year’s…
Feds to Begin Testing Wider Use of Drones That Could Have Widespread Ramifications
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Homeland Security will test drones – small, unmanned flying spies – to see if they can be used for emergencies, law enforcement and border patrol, Wired.com reports. The testing grounds will be Fort Sill in Oklahoma, where drones will officials will experiment with drones for five days, according to Wired.com. The…
Feds Aren’t Tracking Data on Frequency of Informants Breaking Law for Government
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ATF and the DEA don’t track how often informants are given authority to commit a crime, the USA Today reports. While the Justice Department imposes stringent limits on when and how informants for various federal agencies are allowed to break the law on the government’s behalf, an open-records request reveals that neither…
Feds: How Did Friendly Fire End in the Death of a Border Patrol Agent?
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal investigators are trying to determine what went wrong when friendly fire resulted in the fatal shooting of the U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie, the USA Today reports. A preliminary investigation suggests agents became disoriented while responding to a ground sensor near the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the USA Today. “There…
Eight Arrested in Alleged Scheme to Sell Cutting-Edge Military Technology to Russia
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Houston company accused in a scheme to sell high-tech electronics to the Russian military and intelligence agencies told employees to hide information about the technology, the Associated Press reports, citing an FBI agent. In custody are Arc Electronics Inc. owner Alexander Fishenko and seven employees accused of illicitly selling military technology…