Steve Nealving ticklethewire.com By day, Ayo Kimathi works for Homeland Security, often procuring guns and ammunition. By night, the man known as “the Irritated Genie” prepares for a race war, the Atlantic reports. Turns out, Kimathi runs an anti-white, anti-gay site, War Is on the Horizon, the Atlantic wrote. Kimathi was exposed by the Southern…
By CHARLIE SAVAGE New York Times WASHINGTON — The federal government is making progress on developing a surveillance system that would pair computers with video cameras to scan crowds and automatically identify people by their faces, according to newly disclosed documents and interviews with researchers working on the project. The Department of Homeland Security tested…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Is New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly in line for the top Homeland Security post? Kelly said he’s spent time in Washington D.C., but added Sunday, “I know it’s wise to keep my mouth shut at this time,” Kelly told CBS’s “Face the Nation.” But pressure is building against Kelly, whose…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The potential nomination of New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to the top position at Homeland Security has enraged Muslim-American groups, the Huffington Post reports. Islamic groups said Kelly, as the head of the nation’s largest police force, oversaw the targeting of innocent Muslim based solely on their religion. Kelly also…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Border Patrol agent from Mississippi was sentenced to 78 months in prison for possessing child porn on his government-issued computer, GulfLive reports. James E. Ward also will receive eight years of supervised release and a $7,000 fine. “The defendant in this case contributed to the abuse and sexual exploitation of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An audit revealed Tuesday that the Homeland Security Department does not know what happened to more than 1 million people who arrived in the U.S., an embarrassing blunder as lawmakers debate a new immigration bill, The Washington Times reports. The Government Accountability Office’s report underscores that the department’s failure to accurately track…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Homeland Security supervisor who has been suspended pleaded guilty Monday to possession of child pornography in U.S. District Court in Buffalo, The Buffalo News reports. Steven Metz, 41, faces up to 10 years in prison after he was busted with more than 600 images and videos of child porn on his…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly is interested in the top post at Homeland Security, he’s not saying anything about it, CBS New York reports. Kelly is believed to be on President Obama’s short list to replace Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. “I think Ray Kelly is one of the best there is,…
