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![Ex-FBI Agent Who Authored Books Critical of J. Edgar Hoover Has Died at 88](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fbi-logo-new-e1566389848318.jpeg)
Ex-FBI Agent Who Authored Books Critical of J. Edgar Hoover Has Died at 88
William Weyand Turner, a former FBI agent who criticized J. Edgar Hoover in several books, died Dec. 26.
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Leader of Occupation of Federal Building in Oregon Said FBI Raid Is Coming
The leader of the armed group occupying a federal building in Oregon said he believes the FBI plans to raid the property soon after obtaining five arrest warrants.
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FBI Tries to Fill in 18-Minute Gap Between San Bernardino Shooting And Police Pursuit
The FBI is trying to figure out what the San Bernardino couple did in the 18 months after killing 14 people at a holiday party.
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Armed Protester Occupying Federal Refuge Would Rather Be Killed Than Arrested
At least one of the armed protesters occupying a federal refuge in Oregon said he is prepared to die before being arrested.
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Ex-FBI Agent Charged with Murder in Brutal Beating of Daughter’s Husband
A former FBI agent and his North Carolina daughter have been charged with murder in the death of the woman’s husband.
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President Obama Plans to Hire More FBI, ATF Staff to Expedite Background Checks for Firearms
The Obama administration wants to expedite mandatory background checks on gun buyers and needs hundreds more federal law enforcement personnel to help.
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Washington Post: President Obama’s Actions on Gun Control Have No Teeth
Taken at face value, the new ATF guidance is thus nothing more than a restatement of existing legal requirements.
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Lengel: Trashy Tabloid Prints False Story About the Recovery of Jimmy Hoffa’s Remains
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — In a drugstore or grocery store line, tabloids are like fool’s gold, eye-catching and enticing and capable of duping the naive. Some of the stories seem so outrageous, so far fetched. Yet, we often glance at them and read the headlines. I was shopping in a suburb the other…