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Records: Folk Legend Peter Seeger Hounded by FBI for Years Over Alleged Communist ties
Singer-songwriter Peter Seeger was hounded by the FBI from the 1940s to the early 1970 because of his political views.
FBI Arrests Man Suspected of Robbing an Armored Truck in Detroit
The FBI has arrested a man suspected of stealing more than $500,000 from an armored truck in Detroit’s Greektown.
Homeland Security Official Grilled Over Screening Visas for Potential Terrorism Ties
lBy Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Homeland Security official was grilled by a House committee over the lack of social media screening for people trying to enter the U.S. on visas for refugees, The San Francisco Gate reports. Leon Rodriguez, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, told members of the House Oversight and Government Reform…
Editorial: ATF gun-trace records Are ‘Horribly Outdated’
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued a report to support the contention 90 percent of guns used in United States crimes could be traced to 5 percent of gun dealers.
Enrique Marquez, Friend of San Bernardino Terrorist, Charged in California
By Lee Ferran ABCNEWS.com Four years before Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people at an office party in San Bernardino, Farook plotted with his old friend and neighbor Enrique Marquez to kill as many people as possible during a “rush hour” attack on a highway in California, according to the…
A Chat With A DEA Official About Detroit’s Drug Trade and the Influence of the Mexican Cartels
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Carlos L. Mitchem II knows about the drug trade. He’s been a Drug Enforcement Administration agent since 1991, and has been posted in places like Chicago and Tucson and in some of the world’s hot spots, Mexico and Colombia, where major drug cartels have flourished. More than four years…
FBI Director: San Bernardino Shooters Did Not Publicly Support Jihad on Social Media
FBI Director James B. Comey sought Wednesday to clear up confusion about reports that at least one of the San Bernardino shooters used social media to promote jihad.
San Bernardino Shooters Buried at Traditional, FBI-Guarded Funeral
The San Bernardino couple who opened fire at a holiday party in San Bernardino, killing 14 people, were buried in a funeral guarded by the FBI.