House Committee Strips Funding for Long-Delayed New FBI Headquarters
The long-delated project to build a new FBI headquarters just hit another major snag.
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TSA Officers Killed in Line off Duty to Receive Same Death Benefits As Other Federal Law Enforcement Officers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s not often that a TSA officer dies in the line of duty. In fact, TSA Officer Gerardo Hernandez, 39, became the first to die on Nov. 1 at Los Angeles International Airport. But Westside Today reports that the House Appropriations Committee this week approved a legislative amendment that would provide the…
Budget Cuts Dramatically Reduce Spending on Homeland Security Headquarters
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new Homeland Security headquarters in Washington will be much smaller than initially conceived because of budget cuts approved by the House on Wednesday, the Washington Post reports. Instead of having $354 million for the HQ, the agency will have about $155 million. The Republican-Controlled House Appropriations Committee described the bill as…