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Mexican Man Gets 30 Years in Murder of Border Agent Brian Terry
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some justice was delivered in a sorry chapter in law enforcement involving the murder of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry on Dec. 14, 2010. Manuel Osorio-Arellanes of Mexico was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Tucson to 30 years in prison for the killing of Terry, whose death was…
ATF Operation Veers into Human Trafficking and Naked Detective’s Massage
By Les Zaitz The Oregonian PORTLAND, Ore. — A police operation meant to protect girls working for a pimp ended with an 18-year-old woman partially stripped, talking sex while massaging a naked police detective in a hotel room. The 2011 episode in a Vancouver, Wash., hotel was an odd conclusion to a long undercover operation…
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Should ATF Headquarters Be Named for Eliot Ness
By the Chicago Tribune Editorial Page Chicago We all know crime fighter Eliot Ness brought down Chicago mobster Al Capone, right? Not quite. Ness spent the best years of his life in a hunt to put Capone behind bars, but he had less to do with the final outcome than legend has it. Ness retired…
Two ATF Agents Wounded in Oklahoma Shooting While Trying to Arrest Suspect
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two ATF agents were wounded in Oklahoma after trying to arrest a man wanted in a shooting, the Associated Press reports. The agents, whose names were not revealed, were treated and released and sustained no serious injuries. Seventeen-year-old Henry Jackson was shot and killed by local police after he opened fire on…
FBI’s David Bowdich Named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for 2013
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com David Bowdich, special agent in charge of counterterrorism for the Los Angeles Division, has been named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for 2013. Bowdich, who is considered a rising star in the bureau, has been an agent since 1995. Bowdich earns the award for a variety of reasons. He’s well respected among…
ATF Officials Defend Use of People with Mental Disabilities in Storefront Stings Nationwide
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Top ATF officials said they did nothing wrong by using people with mental disabilities in storefront stings nationwide, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The comments came during a meeting with The Arc, a disability rights group, that was outraged by the discovery that ATF agents used rogue tactics to conduct storefront stings….
Milwaukee Paper: Inspector General Must Investigate ATF’s Rogue Tactics in Milwaukee
By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Opinion There should be no question over whether Inspector General Michael Horowitz should expand his investigation into undercover storefront operations by the ATF to include rogue tactics exposed by a Journal Sentinel Watchdog Report investigation. An official with the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that Horowitz “can and should”…