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![Celebrated Civil Rights Photographer Doubled As a Secret FBI Informant](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ernest_Withers__1975.jpg)
Celebrated Civil Rights Photographer Doubled As a Secret FBI Informant
Photographer Ernest Withers won over the trust of civil rights leaders, capturing some of the most iconic images of the civil rights era.
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Pro-Trump Militiamen on Trial in Plot to Blow Up Muslims in Kansas Apartment
Patrick Stein, a right-wing militia member who thought Trump was “the Man” and Muslims were “cockroaches” that needed to be exterminated, met what he thought was a weapons dealer in a remote field in western Kansas.
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Trump Pledges to Deploy National Guard Troops in Not-So Unprecedented Move
President Trump boldly signed a proclamation Wednesday directing National Guard troops to the southwest border in what he falsely called an unprecedented move to crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
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Former Head FBI’s Minneapolis Division Running for Governor in Kansas
Michael Tabman, the former special agent in charge of the FBI’s Minneapolis division, is running for governor in Kansas.
![That Time the FBI Urged Martin Luther King Jr. to Kill Himself](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Martin-luther-king-jr-unknown.jpg)
That Time the FBI Urged Martin Luther King Jr. to Kill Himself
When Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for nonviolent resistance in October 1964, the FBI was furious.
![Mueller to Trump: You’re Not Target of Probe But You’re Under Investigation](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Director-at-Pan-Am-Flight-103-Ceremony.jpg)
Mueller to Trump: You’re Not Target of Probe But You’re Under Investigation
Special counsel Robert Mueller assured President Trump’s attorneys last month that he was not the target of the 11-month-old probe involving Russia but indicated prosecutors continued to investigate him.
![Son-in-Law of Russian Oligarch Is First to Fall in Robert Mueller Probe](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Alex-van-der-Zwaan-via-youtube.jpg)
Son-in-Law of Russian Oligarch Is First to Fall in Robert Mueller Probe
The Dutch son-in-law of a prominent Russian billionaire became the first person Tuesday to be sentenced as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s 11-month, evolving investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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Meet the First Transgender Woman Accepted to the FBI National Academy
A Colorado SWAT team coordinator made history by becoming what is believed to be the first transgender woman accept into the FBI National Academy, an elite and intense training course in Quantico, Va.