By Carol D. Leonnig, David Nakamura and Michael Birnbaum Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — As the U.S. Secret Service arrived in the Netherlands last weekend for a presidential trip, managers were already on high alert to avoid any further embarrassing incidents involving agents. The agency’s director had admonished supervisors after two counter-sniper officers suspected…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not everyone is satisfied with how the FBI handled Ibragim Todashev, a Chechen man who had ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing shooters and was killed by an agent during an alleged confession. The Christian Science Monitor reports that state prosecutor Jeffrey Ashton and others, including civil rights groups, have…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A bipartisan bill in Congress is aimed at addressing questions about the use of force by Border Patrol agents. AZCentral.com reports that the bill is designed to increase oversight of CBP and the Border Patrol following widespread criticism of deadly confrontations with immigrants at the border. But political experts said the bill…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man accused of killing a New York mom and her toddler execution-style in 2010 is the latest fugitive to be added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, CNN reports. The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for the arrest of Juan Elias Garcia, whom the FBI refers to as an…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Separate corruption investigations led to the arrests of two public officials in North Carolina and California and to the raid of the office of a New York state senator, the Washington Post reports. Hundreds of federal agents descended on offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, arresting several people including state Democratic…
