By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 52-year-old contractor has been arrested after allegedly stealing firearms from an ATF facility in West Virginia. Christopher Lee Yates faces federal charges of theft of government property and possession of a stolen firearm from ATF, the Journal newspaper reports. “Investigation and intelligence reveals that Yates traveled from West Virginia to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Trump plans to nominate D.C. U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu as the Justice Department’s No. 3 official, the Wall Street Journal reports. The nomination comes after a year in which his administration failed to persuade several candidates to take on the challenging position, the publication writes. The No. 3 post was…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ever since becoming the FBI director, Christopher Wray has expressed concern about the challenges encryption has posed for law enforcement. On Tuesday, at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, he said the problem is “getting worse and worse,” according to the website Gizmodo, which reports: It’s a common refrain for government…
