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Detroit Police Investigated for Role in Providing Help to Sex Club

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are investigating whether on-duty Detroit police provided limo service and security to a swanky sex club a few blocks from the department’s Central District headquarters, the Detroit News reports. Citing sources familiar with the probe, the Detroit News wrote that a federal investigation is underway following complaints about police helping…

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FBI Agent Behind David Petraeus Investigation Credited for Heroism in Other Cases

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI agent whose investigation brought down CIA Director David Petraeus played a major role in foiling a terrorist attack. The USA Today reports that Special Agent Frederick Humphries II helped stop a terrorist plot to blow up Los Angeles International Airport in 2000. Humphries also fatally shot a knife-wielding man at Tampa’s…

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FBI: Reputed Conn. Mobster Was Involved in Largest Art Heist in History

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The FBI believes a reputed Connecticut mobster who is expected to plead guilty today to weapons and prescription drugs charges was involved in the largest art heist in history, the Associated Press reports. Although Robert Gentile, 76, hasn’t been charged in the 1990 St. Patrick’s Day heist, Assistant U.S. Attorney John Durham…

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New Surveillance Software Will Give FBI Agents Instant Information From Mobile Devices

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A $1 billion facial recognition system for the FBI will allow agents to capture photos, fingerprints, iris scans and other biographical data from a mobile device such as a phone, Computer World reports. The new technology is part of the Biometric Identification Tools Program, surveillance software that relies on biometric data and…

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