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First-Year Border Patrol Agent Found Dead While on Patrol in New Mexico

allan5 years ago5 years ago02 mins

A rookie Border Patrol agent was found dead while patrolling a remote desert in southwestern New Mexico.

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Retired FBI Official Michael Mason Remembers Fondly Agent Robin Ahren

allan10 years ago10 years ago02 mins

Michael Mason is a retired Executive Assistant Director of the FBI. Thirty years ago this month, Robin Ahrens became the first female FBI agent killed in the line of duty. By Michael Mason For ticklethewire.com It’s hard to believe it’s been 30 years since Robin Ahrens was killed in the line of duty. I met Robin…

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At Least 3 Killed and 125 Others Injured in Boston Explosions

allan12 years ago01 mins

By David Abel, Travis Andersen and Martin Finucane Boston Globe BOSTON — At least three people were killed and at least 125 others were injured this afternoon as two powerful explosions detonated in quick succession near the Boston Marathon finish line in Boston’s Back Bay section, transforming a scene of athletic celebration into bloody chaos….

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CIA Drone Kills al-Qaeda Leader Fahd al-Quso Tied to USS Cole Bombingmen

allan13 years ago12 years ago02 mins

Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com In the war on terror, success can sometimes bring retaliation. Global terrorist Fahd al-Quso, who had links to the USS Cole bombing, was killed in Yemen Sunday, according to Yemeni officials and confirmed by al-Qaeda, reports USA Today. A CIA drone strike killed the top al-Qaeda leader, on the FBI Most-Wanted list…

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Ex-FBI Agent Weighs in on Detroit Case Where 4 Women Found Dead in Car Trunks

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OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST Muslims Upset with NYPD: To Boycott Mayor’s Breakfast (AP) Colo. Third State to Ask DEA to Reclassify Marijuana (AP) Drug Gangs Strike Back in Rio (Financial Times) Politics and Facts Don’t Match on the Border (Security DeBrief)

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Paul Lindsay; Ex-Detroit FBI Agent and Prolific Author of 7 Novels Dead at 68

allan14 years ago12 years ago07 mins

 By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Paul Lindsay, the hard-digging FBI agent who became a prolific author, and wrote seven novels — the last two of which were N.Y. Times best sellers — died peacefully Thursday night at a Boston hospital of pneumonia with his family by his side. He was 68. The ex-Marine, who friends kidded…

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Rumors are That Boston Mobster Whitey Bulger Died; FBI Says No Proof It’s True

allan14 years ago12 years ago01 mins

Rumors circulate that Whitey Bulger may be dead: MyFoxBOSTON.com

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The Oklahoma Bombing 16 Years Later: We’re No Longer Surprised

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sixteen years ago today, America was served up one horrific surprise: The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City: 168 people died. It was shocker. At the time — April 19, 1995 –  as a reporter at the Detroit News, I called around to federal law enforcement people,…

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