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Video Released of Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Beating Immigrant in San Diego
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors released video of a Border Patrol agent accused of beating a Mexican immigrant while in custody, CBS 8 in San Diego reports. The agent in the video was found not guilty by a jury last month on excessive force charges. The video shows Agent Luis Fonseca repeatedly choking and kicking…
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…
Judge Permits Use of Clandestine Cellphone Device Despite Privacy Concerns
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s use of a clandestine cellphone tracking device is a lawful surveillance tool, a judge has ruled, Slate.com reports. The Stingray, as it’s called, is a transceiver that tricks cell phones into using a fake network. Judge David Campbell dismissed concerns that the surveillance was overly intrusive. The ACLU said the…
Did FBI Miss Opportunity to Crack Abduction Case in Cleveland? Agents Dismiss Some Public Claims
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI missed a critical opportunity to make progress in the Cleveland abduction case in 2004, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Fernando Colon, who was living with one of the suspect’s ex-wives at the time, said he told investigators that suspect Ariel Castro knew two girls who had gone missing a year…
Whistleblower Says Obama Administration at Fault for Delayed Benghazi Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration’s characterization of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya on Sept. 11, 2012, slowed the down the investigation, a key Benghazi whistleblower said, Fox News reports. “I definitely believe that it negatively affected our ability to get the FBI team quickly to Benghazi,” Greg Hicks, the deputy chief…
U.S., Russia Try to Repair Decades of Distrust to Protect Each Other from Common Threats
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mutual distrust between the U.S. and Russia is threatening to jeopardize cooperation between the FBI and Russia’s Federal Security Service, the Washington Post reports. Cooperation over security threats is guarded and restrained, making it difficult for the two countries to share information about mutual safety concerns. The Boston Marathon bombing has prompted…