By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A non-profit website based in Atlanta that partners with the FBI and other organizations, and tracks cyber-crimes, was shut down Sunday after it was hacked, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The paper reported that InfraGard Atlanta, which partners with local business, government, academic security experts and the FBI, was hacked late last…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President George W. Bush and wife Laura continue to get the occasional unexpected visitor at their home in Dallas. The station WTSP reports that a mentally ill woman reached the front yard of the ex-president’s Dallas home on Friday afternoon and was taken into custody for questioning. Sources told the station…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — After screwing up the case against Sen. Ted Stevens, the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section will get another chance — this time with ex-Sen. John Edwards– to prove it can take down a high profile public figure without any major goofs. You might recall the Public Integrity Section convicted…
By Fred Grimm The Miami Herald Paul Philip may have been a dandy FBI agent back in the day. But as an author, his five-page thesis on the Miami Police Department delivered last week – for $4,000 a page – was an affront to us hack writers everywhere. Philip spent four months researching the travails…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Note to Sammy Ladymon: Find a new hobby. The 45-year-old Garland, Tex. man was arrested Thursday night after getting caught pointing a laser at an FBI aircraft that was hovering above, NBC DFW reported. The station reported that the FBI pilot flew over the area in response to complaints from pilots…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s official. The New York Times is reporting that a federal grand jury in Raleigh, N.C., has indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards. The Times reported that the grand jury, which has been probing Edwards for two years, indicted him on six counts — four involving illegal payments, one involving conspiracy…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Loaded for bear, federal prosecutors began their cross examination Thursday of the ever-chatty ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich with a very blunt question. “Mr. Blagojevich, you are a convicted liar, correct?” Assistant U.S. Attorney Reid Schar asked, according to the Chicago Tribune. “Yes,” answered Blagojevich, according to the Trib. His lawyers tried…
