Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The gunman behind the deadly rampage at Los International Airport planned to kill multiple TSA officers to “instill fear in your traitorous minds” when he unloaded his .223-caliber assault rifle, the Associated Press reports. Gunman Paul Ciancia, an unemployed motorcycle mechanic, is heavily sedated after he was shot several times. But he…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Michigan man claims the FBI owes him $25 million because he provided a tip that led the U.S. to Osama bin Laden, Yahoo news reports. Tom Lee, 63, of Grand Rapids, said he deserved the reward for bin Laden’s capture because he told authorities in 2003 about the terrorist’s whereabouts. Yahoo…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents arrested more than 420,000 people – a 15% increase – in the past budget year that ended in September, the Associated Press reports. This is the second consecutive year for an uptick in arrests following a 40-year low in apprehensions in 2011, the AP wrote. The arrests represent about 320,000…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty FBI agent’s decision to take a gun into an elementary school in Nebraska has prompted debate about addressing the state’s gun law, Omaha World-Herald reports. A parent at a Papillion elementary school spotted the gun and asked the school board to clarify the law on plainclothes officers carrying weapons. Nebraska…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Barack Obama had a very amusing anecdote several days ago when praising James Comey as his choice to head the FBI during Comey’s official installment at FBI headquarters. The only question is: Was it even true? Jerry Capeci, mob expert who runs the website Gang Land News, reported that the…
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By JENNIFER MEDINA, IAN LOVETT and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS New York Times LOS ANGELES — A Transportation Security Administration officer was killed Friday at Los Angeles International Airport in a shooting that left several other T.S.A. employees injured and led the authorities to evacuate thousands of passengers and temporarily ground all flights there, the authorities said….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Budget cuts in 2014 could mean fewer FBI agents and other reductions to federal law enforcement agencies, CNN reports. “What we’re going to see is really tough decisions, really cutting into the bone of programs,” said Scott Klinger, director of revenue and spending policies at the Center for Effective Government, a budget…
