More TSA Workers to Get “Secret” Clearance

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration, which protects our airports, will be giving more employees secret clearances so they’ll have more access to intelligence, CNN reports. CNN reports that the number of employees with “secret” clearances will go to 10,000 or one sixth of the agency’s workforce. TSA Administrator John Pistole,…

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2 Men Charged in Okla. With Buying Weapons to Smuggle Into Mexico

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two men have been indicted in Oklahoma on charges of illegally buying weapons including military type semi-automatic rifles and smuggling some into Mexico, authorities announced Thursday. Gregorio Morales-Martinez, 34, an illegal immigrant from Lewisville, Tex. and Jorge Alexis Blanco, 25, of Stillwater, Ok. were charged with illegally purchasing 43 firearms, including…

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Conn. Man Charged With Sending 50-plus Anthrax Hoax and Bomb Threat Letters

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal authorities in Connecticut have charged Roland Prejean with allegedly sending more than 50 anthrax hoax and bomber threat letters to judges, government officials and citizens around the country. “This defendant is alleged to have sent more than 50 letters nationwide, in which he threatened to kill numerous victims, by shooting…

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