By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama and other four former presidents joined Secret Service officials to celebrate the agency’s 150th anniversary. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Secret Service Director Joe Clancy gave brief speeches at the small, private gathering inside the National Archives building Tuesday, CNN reports. The nation’s four living former presidents – Jimmy…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Denver airport security screeners who were fired after being accused of fondling attractive male passengers will not be charged, NBC News reports. The TSA screeners, a man and a woman, were fired in April following a six-month investigation by the TSA, which alerted Denver police to the allegations in March….
Dr. Josef Mengele (left) and Dr. Farid Fata. By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — It’s not always fair to compare someone to an evil figure in history. But when I saw the Metro Detroit oncologist Dr. Farid Fata sitting in federal court in Detroit Monday, I couldn’t help but think of Dr. Josef Mengele, the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Italian company with suspected ties to repressive regimes has been selling surveillance and spyware to the FBI and DEA, The Hill reports. The discovery comes after the firm, Hacking Team, was hacked. The hacker revealed company documents that suggest countries the company does business with countries like Sudan. Among the…
By FBI Director James Comey Lawfare I am worried we are talking past each other with respect to “Going Dark,” so let me try to frame it in a way that I hope is fair-minded and provides a basis for healthy discussion: These are things I believe to be true: 1. The logic of encryption will…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI may be handling its biggest case yet of “sextortion.” The bureau is asking for the public’s help finding hundreds of teenage victims who sent sexually explicit photos to a Florida man after he threatened them, WJXT reports. Lucas Chansler, 31, was sentenced to 105 years in federal prison last…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department could make a deal to convince NSA leaker Edward Snowden to return to the U.S. after he fled in 2013 following the shocking release of secret surveillance documents. That’s according to former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who spoke to Yahoo News about the issue. Holder said the…
Popular Subway spokesman Jared Fogle, who purportedly lost more than 200 pounds eating sandwiches from the restaurant, has been raided by the FBI this morning.
