Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the most popular weapons against criminals, the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” recently turned 63 years old. The list of most-wanted fugitives has helped nab 153 most-wanted fugitives from people tipped off by pictures on the list, About.com reports. Of the 495 people who have been on the list, 465 have…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Democrats and Republicans expressed frustration this week that Homeland Security officials never made good on a promise two years ago to produce more reliable standards to assess border security, the New York Times reports. Not only did Homeland Security fail to devise an accurate method to evaluate the border, it isn’t even…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service on Thursday issued a statement, calling “inaccurate” a story in The Atlantic entitled “How the Secret Service Almost Shot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.” Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman, stated: “In September of 2007, one of our personnel assigned to the Iranian presidential protective detail accidentally discharged one round from…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Obama’s visit to Israel is stirring up a longstanding, sensitive issue involving Jonathan Pollard, who spied for Israel while working for U.S. Naval intelligence. Seymour D. Reich, a lawyer and former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, writes this week in a letter to the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The school shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary appears to be driving an unprecedented number of gun sales, the Atlantic Wire reports. In fact, 9 of the 10 days with the most requests ever for FBI background checks occurred after the Dec. 14 shooting, according to the Atlantic Wire. And in Sandy…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Maryland Senate approved decriminalizing of possession of small amounts of marijuana over the objections of federal law enforcement Tuesday, the Washington Post reports. Maryland joins other states and cities across the country decriminalizing pot. Colorado and Washington, for instance, have legalized marijuana. Unlike like full legalization in those states, Maryland makes…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether a Pittsburgh police detective was out of control when he pulled a Taser on a man in Pittsburgh over the weekend, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. The incident captured a national audience after a cell phone video caught Detective Frank Rende walking up to a man and…
