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…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ICE agents along the Arizona border became aware that ATF was allowing illegal guns to cross the border as part of the bungled Fast & Furious investigation, the Washington Guardian reports. But ICE agents, who were concerned and talked to local ATF officials about the unusual probe, never took the complaints to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A division of the Department of Homeland Security spied and kept records on the Occupy Wall Street protests, even when they were peaceful the Huffington Post reports. More than 250 records obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund show the federal government was keeping close tabs on protesters. “Taken together, the…
