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Pharmacist Claims Ex-Cop Fired Without Warning in ATF Agent’s Death on Long Island

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A pharmacist claims a retired Nassau County cop who accidentally shot and killed an ATF agent outside the Long Island store during a New Year’s Eve day robbery, fired without warning, the Associated Press reported. That account, which differs from the cop’s attorney’s version, surfaced after a document was accidentally posted…

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Secret Service’s New Challenge: Protecting Candidates from “Glitter Bombing”

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com These days Secret Service agents not only have to worry about some whacky gunman on the Republican campaign trail, but they have to worry about the “glitter bombs.” Politico reports that presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul have been sprinkled with glitter by pranksters during the…

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NJ. Gov Christie Taps Ex-FBI Official for Homeland Security Post

  By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Edward Dickson, a 25-year veteran of the FBI, is the latest ex-fed to join the administration of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Christie, the ex-U.S. Attorney for Newark, announced Thursday that Dickson will become the state’s Director of Homeland Security and National Preparedness, the Newark Star-Ledger reported. The paper reported…

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Baltimore Co. Man Gets 8 Years for Threatening to Kill an ATF Task Force Officer

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Baltimore County man was sentenced to eight years on Tuesday for threatening to kill an ATF  task force officer, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore said. After prison, Allen Shepperd, 38, will be on supervised release for three years. According to Shepperd’s plea agreement, the Baltimore County Police Department and…

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