Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A father, son and unidentified minor are in custody on charges they chased down a U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement special agent and shot him in southern Texas last week. The reason? According to the son, the trio chased agent Kelton Harrison through an isolated highway before opening fire and wounding him because…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is upgrading its tools to track criminals. A $1 billion upgrade includes expanding its fingerprint database to include iris scans, facial images and palm prints, Slate reports. By 2014, the FBI hopes to roll out a pilot nationwide database of iris images from other law enforcement agencies. Slate reports that…
By Cora Currier ProPublica Recent scoops on national security have drawn the ire of Republican lawmakers, who have accused the Obama White House of leaking stories that burnish its image. Obama responded that he has “zero tolerance” for leaks. He also said: “the writers of these articles have all stated unequivocally that they didn’t come…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Oklahoma City FBI agent is accused of pocketing public funds that were supposed to pay confidential informants, the Associated Press reports. Timothy Klotz was charged with embezzlement of public money in excess of $1,000. Federal prosecutors say he forged signatures of FBI agents and U.S. Air Force investigators to get…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI employee says she saw angels guarding the Pennsylvania site where a hijacked airliner crashed during the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the Associated Press reports. Lillie Leonardi, a community affairs coordinator, was a liaison between law enforcement and the victims of the United Airlines Flight 93 crash when she arrived…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When authorities arrested Anel Violeta Noriega Rios last week on immigration charges in southern California, they had no idea how big the catch was, the Los Angeles Times reports. The woman turned out to be Noriega Rios, who was wanted by the Mexican government for her alleged role as a top operative…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While Arizona and Alabama impose tough crackdowns on illegal immigration, California lawmakers are creating a bill that would protect many illegal immigrants, Reuters reports. California lawmakers are crafting a bill that would bar local police from referring a detainee to immigration officials unless he or she has been convict of a serious…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Police have detained three people for questioning in the shooting of a federal immigration agent in South Texas, the Associated Press reports. It’s unclear if the trio was involved in the non-fatal shooting of Kelton Harrison, an agent for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations. Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino…
