By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal investigators have an ever-evolving threat that John Edgar Hoover could never have anticipated – hacking. The FBI issued a warning to businesses recently about a sophisticated Iranian hacking operation that could soon target energy firms, defense contractors and educational institutions, Reuters reports. The operation hacked at least 50 businesses in…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was a disturbing discovery – a black teenage boy hanging from a swing set in a trailer park in North Carolina. Was it a suicide or a lynching? The state has determined that 17-year-old Lennon Lacy committed suicide in August. But the New York Times reports that the FBI has agreed to…
By Pete Williams NBC News WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder has decided against forcing a reporter for The New York Times to reveal the identity of a confidential source, according to a senior Justice Department official. The reporter, James Risen, has been battling for years to stop prosecutors from forcing him to name his…
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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James Davis, a 25-year veteran of the FBI who headed the Denver office and served in Afghanistan and Iraq, said the brutal interrogation techniques outlined by the Senate’s torture report were appropriate to keep the U.S. safe. “In the FBI, we build relationships on a rapport with the detainees that’s built…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investors can be a skittish bunch. When they heard of the federal government’s suspicions of insider trading involving two hedge funds, Level Global Investors and Diamond Capital Management, they fled and the funds shut down, the New York Times reports. On Wednesday, the two men found guilty of insider trading, Todd…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Only one of five campus sexual assaults are reported to police, according to a new Justice Department report, PBS reports. The reasons victims didn’t alert police range from fear of reprisal to believing the crime doesn’t rise to the level of police involvement. The findings are based on figures from the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A bill awaiting President Obama’s signature would give Border Patrol agents three overtime options in an effort to cut payroll costs, the Washington Post reports. The “Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime” would be replaced with a system designed to save what amounts to an average 80% reduction in overtime pay. The House of…
