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Feds Ramp Up Searches of U.S. Citizens’ Data without a Warrant
The feds are increases searches of U.S. citizens’ data, a new transparency reports shows.
Wife of DEA Employee Fatally Shot in Family Car While Driving Home
The wife of a DEA employee was killed by a gunman while she was in her car with her husband and two children.
FBI Arrests Man Accused of Contaminating Food at Grocery Stores in Michigan
A man suspected of contaminating food at open food bars in Ann Arbor grocery stores has been taken into custody, the FBI in Detroit announced Tuesday.
TSA Apologizes to Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer for Intrusive Search at Airport
An Olympic gold medal swimmer who became paralyzed from the waste down said she was “humiliated” during a full-body search after her wheelchair couldn’t go through a metal detector.
ACLU: Tucson Police, Border Patrol Violating Constitutional Rights During Immigration Checks
The Tucson police and Border Patrol agents are violating the Fourth Amendment rights of Southern Arizonans by immigration checks that often take more than an hour, the ACLU of Arizona wrote in a pair of letters to the two agencies Monday.
Claustrophobic? Exploring Underground Drug-Smuggling Passages Probably Not for You
Someone with claustrophobia should not work with Border Patrol’s Entry team, which explores underground drug-smuggling passages near the border with Mexico.
Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing Cash Seized During Drug Investigations
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI accused of stealing more than $126,000 in cash seized during drug investigations pleaded guilty Monday. The Los Angeles Times reports that former special agent Scott M. Bowman admitted he stole cash to fund a lavish lifestyle that included plastic surgery and cars. Bowman, 45, pleaded guilty to obstruction…
FBI Searches Home of Aging Gangster for Evidence of Unsolved Boston Art Heist
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is searching the backyard of an aging mobster in Connecticut for evidence of art that was stolen two decades ago from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. ABC News reports that this is the third time the FBI has searched in and around the ranch house, owned by Robert “Bobby…