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Andrew G. McCabe Takes Over As Assistant Director in Charge of Washington Office
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Andrew G. McCabe, who recently held the FBI’s top national security post, has taken over as assistant director in charge of the Washington Field Office. McCabe now heads up the bureau’s second largest field division, which includes Northern Virginia. McCabe’s FBI career began in 19996, when he was assigned to the…
FBI: Officers Had No Clue What to Do After Tamir Rice Shooting
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI agent who tried to save Tamir Rice’s life after he was shot by a Cleveland police officer described the scene as chaotic and said cops had no idea what to do, Clevaland.com reports. The agent was a paramedic and took charge because the others, he said, “I don’t think…
FBI Investigates Death of Man Shot Multiple Times with Taser at Border Crossing
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether CBP agents went too far when they shot a man multiple times with a Taser at a San Ysidro border crossing, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Francisco Cesena died after of cardiac arrest caused in part by multiple Taser shots after authorities said he attacked them….
Senate Committee Approves Bill to Stop Federal Crackdowns on Medical Marijuana
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal agents would be barred from using tax dollars to crack down on medical marijuana operations in states where it’s legal. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 22-8 to approve the measure, which would block the Department of Justice and DEA from using federal funds to interrupt medical marijuana programs, Huffington Post…
FBI Accused of Using No-Fly List to Coerce Muslims into Becoming Informants
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is accused of removing people from the no-fly list in exchange for becoming informants. Al Jazeera America reports that four law-abiding Muslim men were removed from the no-fly list just days before a federal district court in New York hears their case. According to their lawsuit, Tanvir v. Lynch,…
Wack: The FBI’s First Use Of Airplanes & The Original Pilot
Retired FBI Special Agent Larry Wack maintains a website as a tribute to the early FBI and the G-Men of the 1930s. More can be found at this website. By Larry Wack The FBI’s First Use Of Airplanes & The Original Pilot Retired FBI Agent, Murry C. Falkner was actually the only FBI Agent during…
FBI Linked Chicago Home to Massive Leak of Nude Celebrity Photos
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has linked an unassuming brick home in Chicago to nearly 600 hacked personal data-storage accounts, many of them belonging to celebrities, the Associated Press reports. Some of the photos contained nude images of female stars. According to recently unsealed court documents, the FBI seized computers and cellphones from the…