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![Trump, Breitbart & Conservatives May Have Lied about Border Patrol Agent’s Death](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Rogelio-Martinez.jpg)
Trump, Breitbart & Conservatives May Have Lied about Border Patrol Agent’s Death
The details surrounding the death and serious injuries of two Border Patrol agents on the night of Nov. 18 were almost immediately blamed on stone-throwing immigrants.
![DEA to Open New Office to Combat Prescription Painkiller Abuse](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pills.jpg)
DEA to Open New Office to Combat Prescription Painkiller Abuse
The DEA is opening if first new field office in nearly 20 years in an effort to combat prescription-opioid abuse.
![FBI Taps Brian Brooks for HQ Post as Assistant Director of the Operational Technology Division](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/large.jpg)
FBI Taps Brian Brooks for HQ Post as Assistant Director of the Operational Technology Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Brian Brooks is moving up to the post of assistant director of the Operational Technology Division for the FBI at headquarters. Brooks most recently served as the deputy assistant director for the Technical Operations and Development Branch in the Operational Technology Division, the bureau said in a press release. Brooks started…
![FBI Monitored Black Lives Matter Protests Over Fears of Violence](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/eastern-market-black-lives-matter_9514.jpg)
FBI Monitored Black Lives Matter Protests Over Fears of Violence
The U.S. government has been monitoring Black Lives Matter protests because of fears of potential violence, according to newly released documents from the FBI and Homeland Security.
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Air Force Failed to Report Dozens of Service Members to FBI Gun Database
The Air Force acknowledged Tuesday that its failure to report the criminal history of a former airman who went on to kill 26 people at a Texas church in early November was “not an isolated incident.”
![FBI Investigates Murders of Syrian-American Journalist And Her Mom](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Barakat-murder-via-twitter.jpg)
FBI Investigates Murders of Syrian-American Journalist And Her Mom
The FBI is investigating the September murders of a Syrian-American journalist and her mother in Turkey, but local Turkish authorities are refusing to cooperate.
![Conservative Group Sues to Get Robert Mueller Fired](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/800px-Robert_Mueller_2012.jpg)
Conservative Group Sues to Get Robert Mueller Fired
A conservative watchdog group filed suit in an effort to remove Robert Mueller as special counsel appointed to investigate possible collusion between President Trump’s campaign team and Russia.
![New Signs That Flynn Is Turning into State Witness in Trump-Russia Probe](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/michael-t-flynn.jpg)
New Signs That Flynn Is Turning into State Witness in Trump-Russia Probe
An attorney for Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn has met with special counsel investigators in a move that could spell serious trouble for the president and his campaign.