BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD Raleigh News & Obsserver Every time, yes every time there is a catastrophic episode of gun violence, the first rhetorical defense of the National Rifle Association and other gun rights advocates goes something like this: We have plenty of laws about guns. The problem is the government won’t enforce them. But…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Back in October, FBI Director Christopher Wray spoke at the annual International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Philadelphia and talked about his grave concern he had about getting access to thousands of cell phones in criminal cases due to encryption and privacy issues. “In the first 11 months of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Chatter surrounding the Trump-Russia probe escalated Tuesday when a massive transcript was released of Congressional testimony in August from Glenn Simpson, founder of Fusion GPS and author of the infamous dossier. In his testimony, Simpson says the FBI had a source within the Trump organization who verified some of his allegations…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com This story may not come as much of a shocker. A book by Gary J. Byrne, a former Secret Service officer in the uniform division, claims President Bill Clinton often snuck away from his wife at the White House to cozy up with “well-known and lesser-known mistresses,” and that a Secret…
The agency knew why the victims were kidnapped in 2010 by the Zetas drug cartel from a Holiday Inn in Mexico, but it did nothing to investigate or help. The victims’ friends and relatives now wonder why By Ginger Thompson ProPublica At about 2 a.m. on April 21, 2010, a convoy of gunmen working for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s been nearly 25 years since ATF engaged in battle at the Branch Davidians compound in Waco. “I remember it being a cold day,” Robert Edler, a retired ATF agent, tells ABC News. He’s describing the morning of Feb. 28, 1993 near Waco, Texas. “I recall stepping out of the truck,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI agent shot and wounded a man during a confrontation Monday in the Sun Valley neighborhood in Los Angeles, KABC reports. The shooting occurred while executing a search warrant around 5:40 a.m. in the 10300 block of Horse Haven Street. The identity of the person shot was not immediately disclosed….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Political allies of President Donald Trump are working hard to prove a bias on the part of the Justice Department when it comes the Trump-Russia investigation. In recent weeks, GOP congressional investigators have publicly and privately questioned senior Justice Department and FBI leaders about interactions with reporters covering the Trump campaign’s…
