Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to More than 3 Years in Prison for Corruption, Child Porn

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  A former Border Patrol agent was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison on charges of stealing government property and possessing child pornography, San Diego 6 News reports. Rodolfo Zuniga, 34, was assigned to the Border Patrol’s Imperial Beach, Calif., station between November 2009 and March 2010 when feds say…

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Justice Department Wants Cyclist Lance Armstrong to Pay for Lying about Performance-Enhancing Drugs

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Lance Armstrong has made a lot of money in cycling.  Now the Justice Department wants some of that money and may sue Armstrong for allegedly profiting. The Justice Department is going after cyclist Lance Armstrong, saying he defrauded the U.S. government by denying years of using performance-enhancing drugs, the Associated Press reports….

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Iran Denies Knowing Whereabouts of Long-Missing Retired FBI Agent Robert Levinson

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Iran said Tuesday it has no information on the whereabouts of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished in the country nearly six years ago, Naharnet reports. “We have announced that we do not have any information regarding the issue,” foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanaparast told reporters in his weekly briefing. The…

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Somali-Born Man Accused of Plot to Bomb a Christmas Event in Portland

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Somali-born man charged with pulling the trigger on what he thought was a bomb at a Christmas tree event in  Portland, Ore., first attracted attention from authorities by discussing martyrdom in email exchanges with Islamist extremists, according to opening testimony Monday in the trial, Reuters reports. Supervisor of the FBI…

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Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano to Stay for President Obama’s Second Term

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to hold her position for President Obama’s second term, Fox News reports. Napolitano, a former governor of Arizona, is expected to play a key role in helping Obama craft a plan for sweeping reforms on illegal immigration laws, Fox News wrote. Napolitano was expected to maintain…

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