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Drug Trafficking Rings Exploited Commercial Airlines
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Details of Thursdays’ massive drug bust reveal an ongoing game of whack-a-mole between the DEA and drug smugglers working the commercial airline systems. In this recent bust the DEA and FBI, in concert with Puerto Rican and local authorities, disabled two rings trafficking cocaine into the U.S., primarily through Puerto Rico Muniz…
Pakistani Man Arrested for Posing as FBI Agent to Swindle Victims
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Hayat Khan, a 48 year old Pakistani man, was arrested Thursday for impersonating an FBI agent in Pakistan, swindling victims out of millions of rupees, reports the New York Post. Khan earned victims’ trust by exchanging $500 to $1000 of authentic currency, telling victims there was more where that came from because…
House Votes Down Proposal to Downgrade TSA Uniforms
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Can a uniform itself lead to abuse of power? If the uniform in question belongs to TSA airport screeners, the House says “No”. Thursday the House voted down a proposal that would have stripped Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screeners of badges, shields and police-like uniforms, reports The Hill. Rep. Marsha Blackburn…
Puerto Rico Airport Was Hub in Major Drug Trafficking Bust
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Things got hot in Puerto Rico Thursday for two criminal organizations busted for massive-scale narcotics trafficking. Thirty-six arrests were made in a major bust, culminating a collaboration between the DEA, the Puerto Rico PD, FBI, and San Juan Municipal Police. It was all part of an effort to disable two criminal organizations…
FBI Probing Theft of 6.4 Million Passwords of Linkedin
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Welcome to the endless headaches of the 21st Century. Reuters reports that the FBI is investigating the theft of 6.4 million members’ passwords from the social network LinkedIn. The company says it doesn’t know of any accounts being taken over. To read more click here. OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST Slack…
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Justice Department Kicks Off Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Pride Month
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com There was a time in Washington where such an event would have been unheard of. That’s all changed. Attorney General Eric Holder kicked off the Justice Department’s annual LGBT Pride Month Program on Wednesday, celebrating contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) employees as well as the civil rights gains made…
Senator Wants Legislation for Prosecutors to Disclose Info to Defense
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Deputy Attorney Gen. James Cole testified Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the failings of prosecutors to turn over evidence in the Ted Stevens trial wasn’t systemic in the Justice Department, according to McClatchey Newspapers. “The problem wasn’t what the rules were; the problem was that the prosecutors didn’t follow…