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FBI Paying Closer Attention to “Sovereign Citizen” Extremists
By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The FBI has been paying closer attention to ‘sovereign citizen’ extremists around the country out of concerns that they will react violently when they interact with government officials. Sovereign citizens are people who reject their U.S. citizenship and don’t recognize government authority, like laws and taxes. In 2009, the FBI…
LA Feds End Probe into Lance Armstrong; No Charges Filed
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After a two-year doping investigation that triggered plenty speculation and gossip, fed prosecutors in Los Angeles decided to end their probe into Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong without filing charges, the Los Angeles Times reported. The media relentlessly reported on the probe and the folks who appeared before the grand…
Brits Release Cleric With Suspected Ties to al Qaeda
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s something bound to cause a stir and heighten anxiety: CNN reported Monday that a British court granted bail to a radical cleric Abu Qatada, who is accused of having links to al Qaeda. CNN reported that Abu Qatada has been imprisoned for years and has been fighting deportation to Jordan…
US Citizen Denied Re-entry After Trip to Libya
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com An Oregon man is defending his innocence after being banned from flying back into the United States, reports FOX News. After flying to Libya, Jamal Tarhuni’s native country, to distribute medicine and supplies during the country’s recent violent revolution, the 55-year-old naturalized citizen of the US was barred from boarding a…
What Part of “Don’t Bring Guns to the Airport” Don’t People Understand?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com What part of “don’t bring guns to the airport” don’t people understand? It still fails to amaze. As part of an occasional story on the issue, we report that 31 people from Jan. 23 to Jan. 29 were caught at airport checkpoints in the U.S. with guns, according to the…
How Whitey Bulger Corrupted the Justice System
By NPR Staff When Whitey Bulger was captured last year, he’d spent close to 20 years on the run — and on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Bulger was the head of an Irish gang terrorizing the streets of South Boston. The Massachusetts State Police wanted him gone, but curiously couldn’t touch him. Why? Bulger…
Detroit Industrial Building Busted for Housing Pot Growers
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Known in recent years for the young artists that have taken over abandoned parts of the hulking structure, Detroit’s Russell Industrial Center was raided at 10 a.m. on Friday as a part of a federal investigation into illegal marijuana production, the Detroit News reports. Four people were arrested at the building…
Hezbollah Looking to US-Mexico Border, Former DEA Official Tells Congress
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Former DEA chief of operations Michael Braun told members of a House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday that the reach of influence of Hezbollah, the Iranian-supported Shi’ite terrorist group based in Lebanon, has reached the US-Mexico border, reports CNS News. Hezbollah developed relationships with Mexican drug cartels to “move their…