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Michael Mason: To Suggest Law Enforcement Community Needs Training To Learn How To Do Their Job Is a Gross Over-Simplification
Michael Mason is a retired Executive Assistant Director of the FBI. His column is in response to a newsletter in which ticklethewire.com Editor Allan Lengel commented on FBI Director James Comey’s theory suggesting society’s intense scrutiny of police is preventing officers from being aggressive about doing their job, which in turn, is causing a spike…
Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI Commends Comey For Comments About Policing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey has gotten some push back from skeptics about this theory that the recent intense focus on police brutality has made some police officers less aggressive about doing their job, which has resulted in a spike in crime. Well, the retired Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI…
FBI’s Program about Violent Extremism in Schools Draws Criticism
An interactive program designed by the FBI to help teachers and students identify warning signs of violent extremism has drawn strong criticism Muslims and civil rights leaders.
FBI Agent in Critical Condition After Being Shot by Fellow Law Enforcement Officer
An FBI agent was in critical condition Thursday night in the Texas panhandle after he was accidentally shot by a fellow law enforcement officer.
ACLU: Border Patrol Abuses Constitutional Rights with Impunity
By Editorial Board Orange County Register The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona recently released a damning report about the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, using documents obtained from a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit as evidence of an out-of-control agency that abuses citizens’ constitutional rights with impunity and lacks basic record keeping, oversight…
With Benghazi Behind Her, Hillary Clinton Still Faces FBI Probe Over Private E-Mails
Now that the Benghazi investigation is behind her, Hillary Clinton may feel like the heat is off her.
A Brief Chat With Tom Brandon, Head of ATF, on Gun Violence and the Need For More Staffing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com CHICAGO — Tom Brandon, head of ATF, wonders at time when gun violence is such a pressing issue in America, why the agency isn’t getting more funding for additional agents. He says with an additional 200 agents “we could really make a huge difference.” Brandon became an ATF agent in 1989….