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Mexican Drug Traffickers Are Hacking Border Patrol Drones to Trick Agents
Drug traffickers are hacking Border Patrol drones along the U.S.-Mexico border to confuse federal investigators.
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Parker: Obama’s Legacy of Ratcheting Down Drug Enforcement and Sentencing
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com As Barack Obama prepares for his eighth and final year as President of the United States, it is an opportune time to review…
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Joshua Skule Named Assistant Director of the Directorate of Intelligence at FBI Headquarters
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Joshua Skule has been named assistant director of the Directorate of Intelligence at FBI Headquarters, moving just blocks from where he has been serving as special agent in charge of the Intelligence Division at the Washington Field Office. He assumes his new post in January. Skule began his career as an…
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A 25-Year Veteran of FBI Named Pittsburgh’s New Public Safety Director
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 25-year veteran of the FBI has been named Pittsburgh’s new public safety director. Wendell Hissrich, 55, a former city paramedic, will begin the job on Jan. 11, the Associated Press reports. He’ll replace another FBI veteran, Stephen Bucar, who departed in September to become a deputy commissioner with the Pennsylvania…
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FBI Beefs Up Presence in 3 Major U.S. Cities Ahead of New Year’s Eve
Federal authorities are heightening security in several highly populated locations on New Year’s Eve after President Obama said one threat overseas may involve three American cities.
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ATF Arrests Man Accused of Setting Fire to Houston Mosque on Christmas Day
Federal authorities arrested a man accused of setting a Houston mosque on fire on Christmas Day.
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Off-Duty ICE Agent Pulled Gun on Driver During Road-Rage Incident
An ICE special agent pulled a gun on another driver during a road-rage incident in Virginia Park on Wednesday.
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DEA’s John ‘Jack’ Riley Named ticklethewire.com’s Fed of The Year For 2015
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John “Jack” Riley, the DEA’s acting deputy administrator, has been named ticklethewire.com’s Fed of the Year for 2015. Riley, a native of Chicago with more than 25 years of drug law enforcement experience, was appointed the acting second-in-command of the DEA in April as the top administrator, Michele Leonhart, was stepping…