Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama soon will have to replace Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano after she announced Friday that she’s resigning to head the University of California system, the Washington Post reports. Napolitano plans to resign in September, which gives Obama a little more than a month to find a replacement. The White…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Janet Napolitano, who had been a steady hand in the Obama administration for more than four years, announced Friday she was stepping down as head of the Department of Homeland Security to take a job as president of the University of California system. “For more than four years I have had…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While many federal agencies are getting the budget ax, the House of Representatives on Thursday approved a nearly $1 billion increase in the Department of Homeland Security’s $39 billion budget, Reuters reports. The Republican-controlled chamber voted predominately along party lines, 245-182. But the budget plan faces a possible veto from President Obama…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Homeland Security special agent assisting in a multi-agency narcotics operation in Washington state was hit by a car and then shot the fleeing driver, The News Tribune reports. The suspect’s condition was unknown at the time, but the agent suffered a minor injury and is expected to fully recover, The News…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com South Dakota Homeland Security Director James Carpenter plans to retire after serving state government for 35 years, the Associated Press reports. Director since 2010, Carpenter plans to retire June 8. His plans? Hunting, fishing and spending time with his family, the AP wrote. The Department of Public Safety is expected to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty Homeland Security officer told police an erratic driver pointed a gun at him in Philadelphia, the Chestnut Hill Patch reports. The unidentified officer said he approached an erratically driven car to see if the driver was OK when the driver pulled out a semi-automatic handgun. The officer drove off and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. government would rely heavily on drones to inspect the borders under a new bipartisan proposal to reform immigration, the Medill News Service reports. The unarmed drones are considered to be more effective and efficient than helicopters Critics charge the drones are anything but. “There’s been no evidence that (drones) have…
