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Ex-Border Patrol Agent Pleads Guilty to Trying to Arrange Sex with 2 Girls
A former Border Patrol agent accused of trying to arrange sexual encounters with two girls pleaded guilty Tuesday.
Sen. McCaskill Wants Probe Into Why DEA Slowed Enforcement Efforts Against Pharmaceutical Companies
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill wants to know why the DEA slowed enforcement efforts against pharmaceutical companies accused of violating laws designed to prevent pain pills from reaching the black market, the Washington Post reports. McCaskill said she had “serious concerns” about reports of an enforcement slowdown as the opioid epidemic escalated…
A Joke in Detroit’s Eastern Market That Some Might Not Find So Funny
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Ok. Sure it’s a joke. A sign posted on a fence on Winder Street in Eastern Market near downtown Detroit bears the presidential seal with the words “Future Internment Camp.” But in this era of executive orders banning travel from certain Muslim countries, and with talk of registering Muslims, the…
FBI Investigating More than 300 Refugees for Potential Terrorist, AG Sessions Says
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com To justify the latest travel ban involving Muslim countries, Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke Monday about the potential terror threat some refugees in the U.S. pose. “[M]ore than 300 people who came here as refugees are under FBI investigation for potential terrorism-related activities,” Sessions said, according to CBS News. He also…
Judge Refuses FBI Request to Force Potential Targets to Give Fingerprints to Unlock iPhones
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The battle over privacy and devices continues. This time it’s taking place in Chicago. A federal judge in Chicago has rejected a request by the FBI to force potential targets to provide fingerprints to unlock any iPhones or Apple devices in child pornography case, Jason Meisner and Steve Schmadeke of the…
Fed Judge in Detroit Compared Illegal Immigrants to Insects
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT — The language from the federal bench in Detroit was stark and unsettling. U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland compared illegal immigrants to an insect and menacing Japanese beetles in 2013 while sentencing a 21-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico. A couple years later, a fellow judge called that…
FBI Investigates Shooting of Fourth Indian in 2 Weeks As Possible Hate Crime
The FBI has joined the investigation into the whereabouts and identity of an attacker who shot a Sikh man after telling him to “go back to your own country” in Kent, Washington.
TSA Warns Local Police about More Invasive Physical Pat-Downs at Airports
The TSA is beginning to conduct more invasive physical pat-downs at airports nationwide, but it’s not entirely clear what that will entail.