Homeland Security Reopens Internal Investigation of Secret Service Leak
The Secret Service’s efforts to discredit a congressman has prompted another investigation by Homeland Security’s internal watchdog.
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IG: Secret Service Leaked Private File to Embarrass Congressman Who Criticized Agency
An internal government investigation has found that the Secret Service leaked a private file of a congressman in an attempt to embarrass him.
Feds Investigate Homeland Security Agent for Firing Weapon at Man in Parking Garage
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…
FBI Agent’s Chronic Theft of Heroin Raises Questions about Bureau’s Evidence Rooms
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent’s ability to steal heroin from an evidence room without being detected suspicions for at least 14 months raises serious questions about the bureau’s checks and balances, the Washington Post reports. By his own admission, Mathew Lowry repeatedly stole heroin from the evidence room at the FBI’s field office…
Secret Service Blasted for Problems That Allowed Fence Jumper to access White House
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The man who jumped over a White House fence and burst into the White House in September managed to avoid security because of a litany of problems with the Secret Service, CNN reports. A Homeland Security report found numerous failures that allowed Omar Gonzalez to so easily access the White House….
CBP, Border Patrol Fail to Deliver on Promise to Be Transparent About Shootings
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Customs and Border Protection pledged to become more transparent and accountable when it comes to agents using deadly force, but the USA Today reports that the agency is struggling to meet that promise. At least 46 people – 16 of whom were Americans – have been killed by Border Patrol agents and…
Judge Orders FBI to Investigate Whether Bureau Pressured Witness Not to Testify
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal judge wants the FBI to conduct an internal investigation to determine whether the bureau pressured a witness not to testify in a case involving videos of the Oklahoma City bombing, the Associated Press reports. Utah lawyer Jesse Trentadue claims that the FBI threatened the benefits of a former government operative…
DEA Paid Amtrak Insider $854,000 for Passenger Data It Could Have Gotten for Free
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA forked over $854,460 to an Amtrak secretary for confidential information the agency should have gotten for free, according to an internal investigation. The DEA paid the employee to be an informant despite the agency’s right to obtain the information at no cost as part of a joint drug enforcement task…
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