Secret Service Director Disputes News Accounts of White House Crash

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service Director Joe Clancy disputed news reports that two high-ranking agents drunkenly crashed into a gate at the White House. “Previous reports of a crash are inaccurate — there was no crash,” Clancy said at a Senate Appropriations Homeland Security subcommittee hearing, CNN reports.  “The video shows the vehicle entering…

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Wisconsin May Hire 5 Justice Department staffers to Investigate Cop-Involved Shootings

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The national outcry over cop-involved shootings may mean more accountability in Wisconsin. Gov. Scott Walker said he may change his mind and include in the budget enough money to hire five state Justice Department staffers to investigate the officer-involved deaths, the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reports. “If DOJ feels as though additional…

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FBI Investigating Massive Cyberattack on Premera Health Insurance Company

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a large cyberattack on the Premera health insurance company after concerns that personal and financial information of nearly 11 million customers has been compromised, ABC News reports. Premera said there’s no evidence yet that data was used “inappropriately.” The company discovered the “sophisticated attack” nearly seven weeks…

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