FBI Paying Closer Attention to “Sovereign Citizen” Extremists

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The FBI has been paying closer attention to ‘sovereign citizen’ extremists around the country out of concerns that they will react violently when they interact with government officials. Sovereign citizens are people who reject their U.S. citizenship and don’t recognize government authority, like laws and taxes. In 2009, the FBI…

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Hackers Intercept FBI, Scotland Yard Call

By The Associated Press LONDON — A sensitive conference call between FBI and British police’s cybercrime investigators was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, officials and hackers said Friday. Hacking collective Anonymous published a roughly 15-minute-long recording of a conference call apparently devoted to tracking and prosecuting members of the loosely-knit…

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Lubbock City Property Returned After a Nearly 4-Year FBI Investigation

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Federal agents and prosecutors know too well the frustration of investigating something for a long long time, only to come up empty handed. Well, that’s just what happened in Lubbock, Tex. A  nearly four-year-long FBI investigation of the city and its former healthcare administrator  has resulted in no charges, according to…

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