The Government Accountability Office recently reported that federal law enforcement officials in conjunction with financial regulators have expressed growing concerns over the ever-increasing use of digital currencies to perpetrate their crimes. Virtual currencies like Ripple, Peercoin, and Bitcoin have been …
There is a conundrum that federal law-enforcement officers find themselves faced with when they approach retirement. The nature of the work involved in their specific career allows for many of them to be eligible for retirement by the time they …
Anyone familiar with the U.S. Secret Service knows that they are tasked with protecting the U.S. president from all manner of threats, both foreign and domestic. There have been a string of serious threats made over the years, which were …
The Secret Service is best known for its role in protecting the President. In recent years, with heightened threats of terrorism and other dangers, the Service has stayed busy investigating threats made against various U.S. officials both at home and …
The director of the Federal Air Marshal Service, the U.S. agency that bears the responsibility for securing the nation’s passenger planes, is stepping down. This development comes after it was alleged that he played a role in a scheme to …
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are investigating a deadly blast that occurred at an ammunition plant in Tennessee in April of 2014. The explosion, which struck the McEwen based Rio Ammunition plant, killed one man …
Though most Americans are only familiar with the Secret Service’s role in protecting the President, the agency actually has a much wider mandate. The service has its origins as part of the Treasury Department, and continues its role in investigating …
Authorized by Congress in 1790, the United States Coast Guard is the country’s oldest federal maritime agency. It’s part of the Department of Homeland Security, as opposed to the Department of Defense, to which the other military services belong. The …
The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives – better known to the average layperson as the ATF – is, like many federal agencies, a government organization that people tend to be curious about. The Bureau was at one …
Of course, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents work to protect the nation’s borders and interior from those who would enter the country illegally or overstay their visas, as well as foreign nationals intent on doing the country harm. …