By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Members of Congress are finding little reason to begin trusting the Secret Service again after a series of blunders and employee problems. The House Oversight and Government Reform committee discovered this week that Alvin “A.T.” Smith, who was ousted as deputy director of the agency, is still paid by the Secret…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — A federal law enforcement agent shot and killed a man Monday on Detroit’s northwest side , WWJ reports. WWJ reports that the agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was part of a joint federal task force that was serving an armed robbery warrant in the 9500 block of…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s being billed as one of the largest crackdowns on gangs. Federal agents arrested about 1,000 accused gang members across 282 cities in the past few months, The Christian Science Monitor reports. The six-week crackdown, “Project Wildfire,” involved 239 gangs. Project Wildfire is “one of the largest operations we’ve ever conducted…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Feds are investigating the actions of a Homeland Security special agent who fired his agency-issued gun after he said he believed he was being carjacked in a parking garage in Wilmington, Del., Philadelphia CBS reports. The suspected carjacker fled and was later detained. Wilmington police said there’s not enough evidence to…
By Del Quentin Wilber Bloomberg Business Week WASHINGTON — Federal agent Frank Hunter grabbed a cup of coffee, sat down at his kitchen table and fired up his laptop computer to begin his daily hunt for modern-day war criminals. It didn’t take him long to come across a propaganda video posted by Islamic State. Hunter watched…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a dramatic shift, more migrants from countries outside of Mexico were captured crossing into the U.S., which hasn’t been seen for at least two decades, the New York Times reports. The annual figures published by Homeland Security show a 15% rise in total apprehensions in the 2014 fiscal year, with a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Raiding a lingerie shop may seem like an odd task for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, but it’s a part of their responsibilities. News of the underwear seizures raised some questions about the involvement of ICE. So what prompted the raid? IJReview reports that the panties included a trademarked logo: The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than 2,000 immigrants were released from jail because of budget concerns, but the Homeland Security secretary was never notified, according to a critical report from the inspector general. The Associated Press reports that ICE also poorly planned for the influx of immigrant arrests at the Mexico border and failed to accurately…
