Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI Agents Association is supporting a bill that would authorize federal agents to respond and help local authorities during mass shootings and other violence at a public place, the Washington Times reports. The association, which announced its support Wednesday, said the bill would make it easier for feds to help local…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI performed a record number of background checks on people who wanted to buy guns in December and all of 2012, CNN reports. The spike this month – 2.8 million background checks – occurred during two high-profile mass shootings. The number of background checks for the years totaled more than 19.5…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jimmy Fox III, head of the DEA in New Orleans, is the subject of an internal investigation, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. The paper reports he may have violated some ethics laws when he put in a bid to oversee sweeping reforms in the police department that had been ordered under…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com From espionage to cyber hacking, the FBI has taken on a lot of significant cases in 2012. The following list was posted by the FBI. Insider trading: Charges against seven investment professionals were announced in New York in January alleging an insider trading scheme that netted nearly $62 million in illegal profits….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While more than one billion people tuned in to watch the ball drop at Times Square on New Year’s eve, a massive counterterrorism operation was underway. CBS News went behind the scenes to see how the FBI keeps the city safe during one of the busiest nights of the year. “It’s a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Trenton, N.J. housing projects started under former Mayor Douglas Palmer are the subject of an FBI corruption investigation, the Trenton Times reports. Developer Robert Kahan, who was involved in all five projects, is named in the subpoena obtained by the Trenton Times. Palmer, who often used Kahan as a developer, told the…
