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NYPD Monitored Muslim Students More Extensively than Thought
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com New York Police monitored Muslim college students far broader than previously thought, reports the Associated Press. Further, the monitoring was conducted at schools far beyond city limits, including Rutgers University, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. Officers even spoke with professors in Buffalo, 300 miles away from the city. New York…
Congressman Michael Grimm — an Ex-FBI Agent — Keeps Suspicious Business Ties
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com After leaving the FBI, Congressman Michael G. Grimm invested about a million bucks of borrowed money in a Texas real estate investment. Looking for a builder for the project, Grimm found a former FBI agent he had served with in New York–an agent who was at the time under indictment on…
Jersey City Councilman Arrested Over Pain Pill Prescriptions
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Vincent A. Esposito may need some painkillers to kill the pain from being arrested. The Madison, N.J., city councilman, who is also a medical doctor, was arrested Thursday for writing fraudulent pain pill prescriptions, New Jersey Today reported on Friday. DEA agents and state authorities raided his office. Vincent A. Esposito,…
John Boles to Head Up FBI’s Norfolk, Va. Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John Boles has been named head of the FBI’s Norfolk, Va., office, the agency announced Friday. Boles, who last served as special assistant to the National Security Branch (NSB) executive assistant director and as section chief of the NSB Executive Staff Section, joined the bureau in 1995. He was first assigned…
Things Seemed Normal, But Calif. ICE Agent Never Came Home
By Victoria Kim and Paloma Esquivel Los Angeles Times Ezequiel Garcia, a longtime federal immigration agent, had told his wife of problems at work. But when she called him at the office Thursday, everything seemed normal. They talked about having Korean barbecue for dinner. Before he could go home, however, he had to meet with…
Moroccan Man Busted in FBI Sting Plotting Suicide Attack at Capitol
Update: Authorities identified the man as Amine El Khalifi, 29, of Alexandria, Va., an immigrant from Morocco who was illegally in the U.S. By Mike Levine Fox News Authorities have arrested a man allegedly on his way to the U.S. Capitol for what he thought would be a suicide attack on one of the nation’s…
Presidential Hopeful Santorum Wants Secret Service Protection
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Could it be that presidential hopeful Rick Santorum wants what Mitt Romney already has? Apparently, so. ABC and Fox news report that Santorum has sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security asking for Secret Service Protection, USA Today reports. Romney is currently the only GOP candidate who has the…