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American-Arab Advocate: More Transparency Needed Over FBI Spy Planes
Our respective organizations’ constituents, Metro Detroit, and indeed the country have much at stake in the pursuit to ensure individual rights and liberties are protected.
Border Patrol Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Stealing Late Grandmother’s Social Security Benefits
A Border Patrol supervisor in South Texas pleaded guilty Tuesday to theft of government property after stealing his late grandmother’s Social Security benefits.
Feds Bust Largest On-Line Male Escort Service, Arresting 7 Current, Former Employees
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities busted what they called the largest online male-escort service and arrested seven people allegedly linked to the website Rentboy.com, The New York Times reports. Authorities arrested the site’s chief executive, Jeffrey Hurant, 50, and six current or former employees. The defendants appeared in Federal District Court in Brooklyn on…
Man Who Hopped White Fence Killed by Sheriff’s Deputy in Pennsylvania Courthouse
A 34-year-old man who hopped a White House fence because he wanted to pass a message to President Obama was killed Tuesday by deputy sheriff after allegedly swinging a knife at a courthouse in Pennsylvania.
Judge Orders Pennsylvania Attorney Gen. Kathleen Kane to Stand Trial
By Craig R. McCoy and Angela Couloumbis Philadelphia Inquirer Staff A Montgomery County judge on Monday ordered Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane to stand trial on criminal charges after a hearing in which one of Kane’s most trusted aides testified against her, and the judge repeatedly rejected her legal arguments. Prosecutors say Kane, a Democrat…
FBI Investigates 4 Cases of Alleged Inmate Abuse at Hands of Guards
The FBI is investigating allegations that guards physically abused inmates at a Jackson County jail.
FBI Believed Science Fiction Writer Ray Bradbury Was a Pinko Boogeyman
The FBI was convinced during the Cold War that some science fiction writers were bent on crippling America and creating communist boogeymen by frightening readers with futuristic stories.
Federal Prosecutors Fire Back at Sen. Menendez in Misconduct Case
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors are fighting back against claims by Sen. Robert Menendez that the allegations against him are based on lies by the FBI and misconduct by the government. The Wall Street Journal reports that the New Jersey Democrat is accusing prosecutors of relying on misstatements by girlfriends, lawmakers and members of…