June 26, 2014
FBI Shuts Down Website That Advertised Children for Prostitution in San Francisco
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested two people accused of operating a website advertising children for prostitution, CNN reports. Agents shut down the website – myredbook.com – in a raid in San Francisco. The raid was part of a larger crackdown on sex trafficking of minors that led to the rescue of 168 children and…
Border Patrol Union Leaders: Understaffed Agency Is Increasing Immigrant Crisis in Texas
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Union leaders for the Border Patrol told lawmakers Wednesday that the agency is understaffed and unable to handle the influx of immigrants as a crisis unfolds at the border with unaccompanied children, the Houston Chronicle reports. The agency is “drastically understaffed with morale plummeting to record lows,” Chris Crane, president of the…
FBI’s Bomb Lab Helps Track Down Terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan
Steve Neavling ticklethrewire.com Step inside the FBI’s bomb warehouse outside of Washington, where experts analyze bombs used to injure and kill thousands of American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Businessweek reports that 700 people work at the FBI’s Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center. It’s not easy work. Most of the bombs are assembled with objects…
ACLU Lawyer: Border Patrol’s Repeated Abuse of Children Must Stop
By James Lyall, ACLU attorney Huffington Post Detainees wrested from sleep every 30 minutes, the lights in their frigid cells never turned off. One detainee told by officials, don’t lie or you’ll be raped. Another detainee sexually abused by guards. Detainees forced to stand in stress positions. Others denied adequate food, water, and medical treatment…