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Homeland Security’s Jeh Johnson: Illegal Immigration Drops to Lowest in Decades
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A year after a surge in illegal immigrant children and their families trying to cross the U.S. border, illegal immigration is on pace to be the lowest this year than any year since 1972, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Monday, the Washington Times reports. Johnson stopped short of saying whether…
Senator Joins Critics Calling for ATF to Be Rolled into Another Agency
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com At least one U.S. senator says the time has come to end the ATF and absorb it into other law enforcement agencies. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming, wrote a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling for the ATF to be disbanded if it can’t be adequately reformed. “As you know, the…
Famous San Francisco Activist, Black Panther Was FBI Informant
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Richard Masato Aoki, widely considered a hero among activists and liberal political groups in the San Francisco area, was an FBI informant who filed more than 500 reports about activists with the bureau. The Mercury News reports that newly revealed FBI documents show for the first time the extent that Aoki…
Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Blow Up Bomb at Airport
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Kansas man pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to detonate a card bomb at the Wichita airport. Terry Lee Loewen, 59, caught the attention of authorities on social media after he began expressing support for violent jihad. He pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass…
Octogenarian Mobster In Lufthansa Heist Case Is One Of A Kind
Jerry Capeci is considered an expert on the mob. He is the founder of the website, Gang Land News, a paid subscription site. This article was republished with permission. By Jerry Capeci Gang Land News Bonanno capo Vincent Asaro has a lot of firsts on his Mafia resume. The 80-year-old Queens man is a…
Star-Tribune: FBI’s Use of Small Planes for Surveillance Crosses Line
By Editorial Board Minneapolis Star-Tribune Last week, reports surfaced that the FBI had flown small single-engine planes over 30 cities across the U.S. The planes, outfitted with video and cellphone surveillance equipment, were registered to fictitious companies in order to shield the government’s role during this domestic surveillance operation. Cellphone surveillance equipment, commonly known as…
Bill Would Give FBI More Resources to Fight Online Harassment
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a bill that would give the FBI more resources to tackle cybercrime, especially online harassment, the Washington Post reports. The bill by Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., would give the FBI 10 new agents whose sole jobs would be tackling threats made online. They would…
Border Patrol Helicopter Comes Under Fire; FBI Investigates
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to determine who fired shots at a Border Patrol helicopter on Friday, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing near the Mexican border. The helicopter was carrying at least one Border Patrol agent during an operational mission along the Rio Grande near Laredo, Texas, when it…