Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent escaped almost certain death Monday after an out-of-control SUV tumbled down an embankment and onto his car on southbound Interstate 805 in southern California, NBC 7 reports. Police said a woman in a Jeep Grand Cherokee crashed into a hydrant and drove down the embankment, turning her car into…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Homeland Security and its agencies, including the Border Patrol, would be subjected to greater oversight and accountability under a bill promoted by a pair of congressmen representing districts on the Mexican border, the Global Post reports. The goal of the Border Accountability and Stakeholder Engagement Act is to create…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA has substantially reduced the amount of marijuana that it destroys a year, eradicating fewer plants in the past two years combined than it did in 2010. The Huffington Post reports that the DEA destroyed about 8.3 million plants, compared to more than 10 million destroyed in both 2009 and 2010….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is standing behind an agent who is accused of committing perjury. The Arizona Daily Star reports that the FBI stands “firmly behind” Agent Brian Grehoski, who is accused of lying during testimony in a hearing on campaign finance allegations. FBI spokesman Manuel Johnson said he’s unaware of any internal investigations…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The TSA caused controversy by seizing a woman’s expensive bottle of perfume because it is shaped like a grenade, Fox News reports. Country music promoter Lois Lewis was stopped by TSA agents and then investigated after after trying to bring her 2-ounce bottle of Jimmy Choo perfume in her carryon at Phoenix’s…
