Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security is preparing sweeping budget cuts that could result in as many as 1,000 Secret Service agents, officers and others being furloughed, the Washington Guardian reports. In an agency wide memo last week, officials warned of reductions that are needed in the event of sequestration, which is an automatic budget cut…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com You’re holed up in your office when a crazed gunman opens fire. What to do? Fight back with a pair of scissors. The advice is part of an instructional video from the Department of Homeland Security on how to respond to a mass killer, the New York Post reports. “If you are…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Homeland Security agent who conspired to falsify investigative records pleaded guilty Thursday, and new evidence suggests he faked the documents at the urging of his supervisor, the Associated Press reports. Wayne Ball was a special agent with Homeland Security’s Inspector General’s Office in McAllen, Texas, when he falsified records in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to hold her position for President Obama’s second term, Fox News reports. Napolitano, a former governor of Arizona, is expected to play a key role in helping Obama craft a plan for sweeping reforms on illegal immigration laws, Fox News wrote. Napolitano was expected to maintain…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com David Nieland, a Homeland Security special agent, was on vacation at the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina when he spotted a camera memory card along his hike, the Huffington Post reports. Turns out, Nieland found a card full of family photos that have been lost for more than thre years. The…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When law enforcement agencies need help translating a language, they often call the U.S. Border Patrol for help. But under a new decree issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Border Patrol agents won’t be used as interpreters for local authorities, the Huffington Post reports. The idea, Border Patrol officials said,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Working has its drawbacks for anyone. But among federal agencies, the Department of Homeland Security was ranked the most unsatisfying workplace, U.S. News reports. The survey, “The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government,” ranked DHS last for effective leadership, teamwork, support for diversity and training and development, U.S. News wrote….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A North Dakota farm is not where you’d expect to see a Predator drone. But Homeland Security loaned the drones – up to $34 million in value – to local authorities who wanted to spy on a farmer who was engaged in a standoff with police. Since the August 2011 incident, the Washington…
