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FBI to Consolidate Field Offices in Mississippi
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is consolidating two offices in Mississippi into a larger one in Oxford as part of a budget-cutting move, according to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. But the move – relocating Tupelo and Greenville into Oxford –won’t affect staffing, an FBI spokeswoman told the Daily Journal. “The consolidation will not affect the…
ABC Crime Drama to Feature Character Who is an ATF Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A crime drama about an ATF agent is in the making. The Hollywood Reporter reports that writer John Hlavin has sold to ABC a show “Shelter” about “an ATF Agent whose real working-class Chicago life collides with his flashy Los Angeles cover when his wife is exposed to his criminal world,…
FBI Trip Wires Help in Battle Against Terrorism
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has foiled terrorist attacks and saved lives using so-called trip wires, Dr. Vahid Majidi, the former assistant FBI director in charge of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, tells Newsmax. Ronald Kessler writes: The wires are designed to tip off the FBI of potential terrorists by identifying people who buy…
Senior ATF Official Accused of Collecting Pay From Private Sector Pay While On Leave
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A top official of the ATF who was involved in the controversial gun operation “Fast and Furious” is working full time for investment bank J.P. Morgan while also collecting a government salary, according to two Republican lawmakers, Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post reports. Deputy Assistant ATF Director William McMahon has been…
Threats to President Obama Lands Washington Man in Jail
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Washington state man is in custody after the FBI notified the Secret Service of emails threats against President Obama, Reuters reports. The Secret Service described the emails from Anton Caluori, 31, as alarming but didn’t elaborate. Agents found Caluori brandishing a shotgun when they arrived at his home south of Seattle…
FBI: More Local Police to Use Facial Recognition Program
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Local police across the country soon will be using the FBI’s facial recognition software to help identify suspects, reports Government Computer News. The FBI is extending its facial recognition pilot to other states after Michigan began testing the program in February. Hawaii and Maryland are planning to sign on to the program. Others…
Florida Retreat of Gangster Mom Ma Barker Up for Sale
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Up for sale: Two story, lakefront Florida retreat riddled with bullets. The suggested starting price: $1 million. The frame house in rural Ocklawaha, about 60 miles northwest of Orlando, is where FBI agents killed legendary Ma Barker in 1935, Reuters reports. She was the mother of some gangsters of the Barker and…
Ex-Marine Detained, Placed in Psychiatric Care for Facebook Posts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Supporters of a former Marine who was forced into psychiatric care for posting anti-government messages on Facebook say authorities are violating his First Amendment rights, the Washington Post reports. Brandon J. Raub, 26, has been in custody since Thursday after the FBI, Secret Service and local police became alarmed by ominous Facebook…