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Parker: Happy Birthday, Magna Carta
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. He is the author of the book “Carving Out the Rule of Law: The History of the United States Attorney’s Office in Eastern Michigan 1815–2008″. By Ross…
Former DEA Agent Indicted For Fraud in a Case In Which He Posed as an FBI Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former DEA agent has been charged with fraud in a scheme in which he allegedly posed as an active FBI agent and helped a person who posed as a former federal prosecutor defraud a man who enlisted their help to recover money in a fraud scheme. David Garcia Herrera, 70,…
Border Patrol Agents Absolved of Every Shooting But 3; Others Under Investigation
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol has absolved agents of 64 of 67 shootings, according to a recently completed review, the Los Angeles Times reports. The shootings, which resulted in 19 deaths, were considered justifiable use of force. Three cases are still under investigation and involve shootings. Charges have not resulted from any of the…
Looking Ahead for TSA After Study Found Serious Surveillance Issues
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Now that many see the TSA as a failure, what’s next next for the beleaguered agency? Give the task back to the airlines? The Hill offers insight, saying private competition may drive down prices but you get what you pay for. More than 13 years after 9/11, we are still struggling…
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….