By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The D.C. Appeals Court ruled against the Justice Department Wednesday, saying it must publicly disclose secret information about how and when the government gathers and uses cell phone location data to track certain criminal suspects, CNN reported. “The disclosure sought by the plaintiffs would inform this ongoing public policy discussion by…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com David Cuthbertson, head of the FBI’s El Paso Division, has been named assistant director of the Justice Information Services Division. Cuthbertson joined the FBI in 1988 and was assigned to the Cincinnati Division working motorcycle and violent street gangs and drug trafficking. In 1992, he transferred to the Dallas Division, where…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Associated Press has obtained confidential documents that show the New York cops collected intelligence on more than 250 mosques and Muslim student groups in and around New York. AP reported that the department used undercover officers and informants to canvas the Islamic population of New York. AP wrote that the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds worry that terrorist aren’t just looking at the big planes as a weapon to kill. ABC News reports that the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a warning Friday about small planes, saying: “Violent extremists with knowledge of general aviation and access to small planes pose…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The case involving an Arizona man who was let go after being accused of supplying grenades to the Mexican drug cartels, appears to have contributed to the ousting of the Arizona U.S. Attorney and the acting head of the ATF, the Wall Street Journal reports. Reporter Evan Perez reports that U.S….
