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FBI: About 50 Law Enforcement Officials Killed in Line of Duty in 2012
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly 50 law enforcement officials were killed in the line of duty in 2012, according to preliminary records from the FBI. The good news: The 47 killed is 25 fewer than 2011. “Each of these losses reminds us that our safety and freedom come at great cost,” Director Mueller said in a…
Report: New Border Patrol Initiative Is Not Keeping Migrants from Re-Entering the U.S.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A strategy to send migrants back to Mexico in areas far from where they entered isn’t working as initially planned, according to a new study that monitored the agency’s efforts, the Associated Press reports. Lateral repatriations, as the strategy is called, are used to make it tough for migrants to reconnect with…
FBI: New Orleans Parade Shooting Appears to be Street Violence, Not Terrorism
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI suspects that the New Orleans Parade shooting was the result of “street violence,” not terrorism, the Huffington Post reports. Gunmen opened fire at the Mother’s Day parade, injuring at least 19 people. Videos from the shooting shows victims scattered on the ground, bleeding. FBI agents said the shooting appears to…
FBI Planes That Are Flying Over Boston Appear to be Conducting Surveillance
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Residents have been reporting suspicious, loud and low-flying aircraft in the Boston area since last month. Turns out, the small planes belong to the FBI, the Business Insider reports. While the FBI won’t comment on the planes, which include a Cessna 208 carrying registration N1132F, Cessna 206H N309JK, and Cessna 182s N859JA…
FBI Agent Charged in Slaying of Estranged Wife in Virginia
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent in Stafford County is accused in the fatal shooting of his estranged wife, the Associated Press reports. Arthur “Art” Gonzales told dispatchers he was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed his 42-year-old wife, Julia Sema Gonzales. The 43-year-old agent, who is being held in jail without bond,…
Boston Police: FBI Failed to Share Russian Warning about Boston Marathon Bomber
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI failed to tell Boston police about Russia’s 2011 warning that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the two accused bombers, was becoming radicalized, the New York Times report. Had police known, they would have investigated, said Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis. “We would certainly look at the individual,” Commissioner Davis told the…
Cleveland Police Removed Kidnapping Victim, Michelle Knight, from FBI Database Early On
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly a decade before Michelle Knight escaped her captor’s house in Cleveland, police removed her from an FBI database that stores information on missing people, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Just 15 months after Knight went missing in 2002, her name was wiped off the database. Police defended the move, saying…