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…

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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…

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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…

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