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Homeland Security Investigates High School Student Who Substituted ‘ISIS’ in Pledge of Allegiance
The boy was removed from the school out of “an abundance of caution,” but school officials declined further comment.
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Democrats Demand Apology from CIA Director After Agency Spied on Senate Staffers
The Democrats said it’s “wholly unacceptable” that Brennan never acknowledged publicly “that this search was improper.”
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Former FBI Director Freeh May Be Tapped to Help Volkswagen with Emissions Scandal
Freeh currently operates a risk management group called Freeh Group International Solutions.
![Kent State Professor Accused of Ties to ISIS Denies Wrongdoing, Suggests Witchunt](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/julio-pino.jpg)
Kent State Professor Accused of Ties to ISIS Denies Wrongdoing, Suggests Witchunt
Pino said he believed the FBI is investigating him because of his outspoken positions on the Middle East.
![FBI Struggles to Crack Encryption of Cell Phones Used by San Bernardino Terrorists](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/cellphone-tower-photo2.jpg)
FBI Struggles to Crack Encryption of Cell Phones Used by San Bernardino Terrorists
The highly encrypted phones used by Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, have been too difficult to crack, said David Bowdich, FBI assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles office.
FBI Agent Spared Jail After Assaulting 15-Year-Old Boy Because of Stellar Career
Montgomery County Circuit Judge Steven Salant placed Salant on two years’ probation and ordered him to undergo anger-management classes.
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Oregon Governor Urges Feds to ‘End Occupation’ of Wildlife Refuge
Gov. Kate Brown said the time has come for the feds to “move quickly to end the occupation and hold all of the wrongdoers accountable.”
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FBI So Busy with Spike in Gun Background Checks That it Halted Appeals
The news comes after the FBI conducted more background checks for guns in 2015 than any previous year.