CNN reported over the weekend that, according to three inside sources, FBI Director Kash Patel, additionally serving as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), has outlined plans that would reposition as many as 1000 ATF agents over to the FBI. The move would diminish the number of ATF agents … Read more
The U.S. Senate’s confirmation of former federal prosecutor Kash Patel as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is drawing cheers from pro-gun groups and jeers from those who want more restrictions on private firearms ownership. Patel, a strong gun rights supporter, has been castigated by gun-ban groups since President Donald Trump first … Read more
Former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of American Indian activist and convicted double murderer Leonard Peltier just minutes before leaving the White House Monday. Peltier was in federal prison for murdering FBI Special Agents Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation nearly 50 years ago. Peltier, who … Read more
A man who intended to carry out an attack on a North Texas church has been arrested in White Settlement, according to an incident report from the Fort Worth Fire Department. Police found the man in the Texas suburb parked in a van filled with firearms and live explosives. The suspect has yet to be … Read more
The United States Department of Justice has announced the arrest of an illegal Chinese National on a criminal complaint alleging that he exported shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea. According to the DOJ, the items were concealed inside shipping containers bound from Long Beach. Shenghua Wen, 41, a Chinese national illegally … Read more
In October, Dr. John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) broke the news that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had stealth-revised its reported violent crime data for 2022 to show a 4.5% increase, rather than the originally reported 2.1% decrease, for that year. Among other things, that adjustment added 1,699 more murders for 2022. … Read more
A new Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit questions how FBI and DEA gun parts slated for destruction ended up in a “ghost gun” seized during a criminal investigation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency are being accused of storing the pistol parts where they could easily be … Read more
Back in September 2023 the FBI released the 2022 crimes statistics and reported that violent crime in the nation had dropped by 2.1%. Hurray! The White House took a victory lap and it has been a consistent talking point during this election year. Here’s where the “but” comes in. The FBI quietly, and with no … Read more
Operation Rock Water, a multiagency anti-trafficking investigation led by the FBI and DEA, scored another victory in Texas on Thursday arresting twenty-one suspects with El Paso gang ties in a local, state, and federal effort. The individuals apprehended are associated with a gang known as Chuco Tango, a group steeped in criminal activity including the … Read more
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