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Showdown Over Homeland Security Budget Expected to Intensify As GOP Regroups
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The showdown between Democrats and Republicans over Homeland Security is elected to intensify this week as both sides dig in for a fight. The Washington Times reports that GOP House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that he’s preparing for a fight to defund President Obama’s immigration actions. “Remember what’s causing this,…
FBI Lab Lost Hair Sample in Arson Case Against New Jersey Police Officer
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Prosecutors may have a tougher time proving their case against a New Jersey police officer accused of setting a captain’s front porch ablaze because the FBI lab lost a critical hair sample collected at the scene, NJ.com reports. Edison Police Officer Michael Dotro was charged with aggravated arson and five counts…
Justice Department to Release Highly Critical Report of Ferguson Police
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is preparing to release a highly critical report of police in Ferguson, accusing them of making discriminatory traffic stops and creating an environment that bred animosity among African Americans, The New York Times reports. The report, which could be released as early as this week, says Ferguson police…
Slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry Honored with Statue at Station Named After Him
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol unveiled a statue honoring slain Agent Brian Terry on Saturday at the newly renamed Brin Terry Patrol Station in Bisbee, Ariz., Fox News reports. “That iconic image of Brian carrying his BordTac team member on his shoulders represents everything good about Brian, his strength, his determination, his attention to…
Fox News Cries Foul Over Attorney General Eric Holder Denying Exit Interview
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder has given Fox News the stiff-arm on an exit interview, and the news agency is not happy, The Washington Post reports. “The Attorney General’s decision does a deep disservice to America’s largest cable news audience and the interests of a free press,” Fox News Executive Vice President…
Day of Reckoning: Deadline to Avoid Homeland Security Shutdown Is Today
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The fate of Homeland Security’s budget and President Obama’s immigration plan is in the hands of the U.S. Senate on the final day before money runs out today. The New York Times reports that the Senate is expected to vote today on a measure that would providing funding for the remainder…
Anti-Gay Westboro Leader Fred Phelps Has Extensive FBI File
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Fred Phelps, the founder of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, was no stranger to the FBI. In fact, The Hill reports that Phelps was “well known to the FBI,” according to his newly released 250-page bureau file. Phelps, who died in March 2014, first came on the FBI’s radar in 1967…