By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service Director Julia Pierson accepted full responsibility for the recent White House intrusion and pledged to improve security at a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Pierson divulged that Omar J. Gonzalez, who was armed with a knife, made it deeper into the White House on…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Did one of the top leaders of the DEA intimidate members of Congress while discussing a prescription drug bill? That’s the claim by two Republicans – Reps. Marsha Blackburn, Tenn., and Tom Marino, Pa. – who say in a letter to the Justice Department’s inspector general that DEA Deputy Assistant Administrator Joe…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security has so much congressional oversight that it’s damaging morale and making the work more difficult, the Washington Post reports. Consider the number of committees and subcommittees that oversee DHS – more than 90, which exceeds the number that has jurisdiction over the Defense Department by nearly three fold. “It makes…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said he’s worried that more Americans are at risk of being kidnapped by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, CBS News reports. “We are deeply concerned about the safety and security of American citizens worldwide,” Comey said in his written testimony ahead of a hearing in…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey expressed no patience with reported turf battles between the FBI and other federal agencies, Politico reports. Comey said he was rattled after reading a memo about the turf battles. “That report made my head explode,” Comey said at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday. “I shared…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is routinely denying federal investigators timely access to documents for audits and reviews, the Justice’s Inspector General Michael Horowitz complained to members of Congress on Tuesday. The Associated Press reports that the FBI’s failure to cooperate has caused delays in investigations, so much so that Attorney General Eric Holder…
To the Honorable Members of the Senate and House of Representatives: My name is Jay Dobyns. In January of this year, I retired from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms after twenty-seven years of decorated service. Today is the six-year anniversary of the arson of my home. My wife and two children were inside…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ICE and Border Patrol are set to run out of money if Congress doesn’t approve a $3.7 billion request for emergency funds from President Obama, the Arizona Republic reports. ICE expects to run out of money by mid-August, while Border Patrol said it could be penniless by mid-September. Both agencies blame the…
