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3 Airports Test Less Intrusive Body Scanners
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Las Vegas Sun newspaper wrote Tuesday that “airline passengers won’t have to worry about airport security officers getting high-tech peep shows.” Those words were in reference to the Transportation Security Administration unveiling of a new body scanner being tested at three of the nation’s airports, including the Las Vegas McCarran…
Retired FBI Agent John Wills Publishes Third Novel
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Retired FBI agent John M. Wills keeps cranking out the books. He’s just penned this third suspense novel “Targeted” as part of his “Chicago Warriors Thriller” series. The ex-FBI agent and former Chicago cop has written a novel about a sniper who targets and kills cops in Chicago, rocking the Windy…
Sen. Grassley Accuses ATF of Being “Careless” in Gun Running Sting
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.) is voicing concern that guns purchased in an ATF sting in Arizona may have been used by bandits in a gunfight that resulted in the death in December of border patrol agent Brian Terry near the border town of Nogales, the Arizona Republic reported. Grassley…
al Qaeda in Yemen Might be Plotting Attacks on Wall Street
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI officials are warning major Wall Street banks that al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen may be plotting to attack their institutions or top executives, NBCNewYork reported. The TV station reported that intelligence officials stressed that the threats were general in nature and there was “no indication of a targeted assassination plot”…
Ex-Head of Miami FBI Paul Philip to Evaluate Miami Police Dept.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The former head of the Miami FBI has been hired by the city to evaluate its police department on issues including morale, policy and emails written by the police chief, the Miami Herald reported. Paul Philip, 63, who led the FBI office in the 1990s, has agreed to work 20 hours…
FBI Involved in About 800 Violations in National Security Investigations
By Ken Dilanian Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The FBI disclosed to a presidential board that it was involved in nearly 800 violations of laws, regulations or policies governing national security investigations from 2001 to 2008, but the government won’t provide details or say whether anyone was disciplined, according to a report by a privacy…
“Geezer Bandit” Continues to Frustrate FBI and Locals in Calif.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com He’s back. As serial bank robbers have done over the the many decades, the man dubbed the “Geezer Bandit” continues to frustrate the FBI and local authorities. On Friday, the “Geezer Bandit” held up his 13th bank in southern California, this time on Friday at a Bank of America branch in…