FBI Prepares for Possibility of Violence at Democratic National Convention

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The FBI and Homeland Security are warning of concerns that anarchist groups may try to use improvised explosive devices at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC, the Charlotte Business Journal reports. It’s unclear how real the threat is because the FBI routinely issues similar advisories ahead of major events and plans…

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Lawsuit Causes Turmoil, Uncertainty at ICE Offices

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  A gender discrimination lawsuit has caused a sense of unrest and turmoil at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the New York Times reports. The lawsuit, which accuses the agency of retaliation and choosing female employees over male employees, also says the agency’s chief of staff, Suzanne Barr, created a hostile, sexualized environment at…

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Homeland Security Employee Busted for Swimming Nude

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Homeland Security employee was charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct after police found him nude in the ocean at Myrtle Beach, Carolina Live reports. Michael Worth Calfee, 35, of North Carolina got out of the water and dressed when police arrived. Police said his eyes were red, he was unsteady…

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Fears Raised Among Faith Community After Two Attacks

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Concerned about copycat attacks, the Department of Homeland Security is urging suburban mosques to be extra vigilant for suspicious people, the Daily Herald reports. The call comes in response to the weekend shootings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that killed six people and the arson of a mosque in Joplin, Mo….

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Homeland Security Watchdog: Turf Battles Over Internal Public Corruption Investigations Has Subsided

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The top overseer of the Homeland Security Department told a House committee that turf battles over internal public corruption investigations had subsided, the Center for Investigative Reporting reports. But acting Inspector General Charles K. Edwards wouldn’t answer questions about an ongoing investigation of a Texas branch office. Edwards said his 219 investigators…

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Homeland Chief Napolitano Issues Statement on Colo. Shootings

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issued a statement following the mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo. movie theater early Friday morning, saying “I am deeply saddened by the terrible shooting.” “Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies continue to respond to this horrific event and I have directed the Department of…

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