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FBI Agent in Connecticut Alleges Abuses, Mismanagement in Lawsuit Claiming Retaliation
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent in Connecticut claims in a lawsuit that he was retaliated against after complaining that he was passed over for a supervisory position, the New Haven Register reports. Agent Kurt Siuzdak, a lawyer and 17-year veteran of the FBI, said the Connecticut office is dysfunctional and managed by fear….
Justice Department Launches Independent Review of Baltimore Police Department After Complaints
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Justice is launching an independent review of Baltimore’s police force following a string of complaints from residents about excessive force and other alleged abuses, the Baltimore Sun reports. But instead of launching a full-scale civil rights investigation, the Department of Justice will work directly with police – an…
DEA Agent Shot While Executing Search Warrant at Home of Suspected Drug Trafficker
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A DEA agent is recovering after a suspect shot him in the elbow Monday morning while serving a search warrant at the home of a suspected drug dealer in South Carolina, the State reports. Shot was Special Agent Barry Wilson, who was executing a search warrant at the home of Joel…
Border Patrol Find Immigrants inside Boxes, Washer in Back of U-Haul in Texas
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents never know where they’ll find immigrants hidden. On Friday, five immigrants were rescued from the back of a U-Haul at a checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas after agents were alerted by their K-9, KVAL reports. The immigrants were hiding in a cardboard box, and one was inside a washing…
FBI Should Not Be in Business of Convincing Companies to Offer Less Security
By Cindy Cohn Gizmodo FBI Director James Comey gave a speech reiterating the FBI’s nearly twenty-year-old talking points about why it wants to reduce the security in your devices, rather than help you increase it. Here’s the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s response. The FBI should not be in the business of trying to convince companies…
3 Arrested in Buffalo for Allegedly Impersonating FBI Agents to Kidnap Women
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Perpetrators wearing “FBI” vests and badges around their neck tried to kidnap women in two separate incidents in Buffalo, the Buffalo News reports. The fake agents handcuffed the victims. Police stopped an SUV in which the perpetrators and a victim were riding. The Buffalo News wrote that the victim believed she…
Congress Should Return Secret Service to Treasury’s Oversight After Blunders
Michael D. Langan Special to the Buffalo News It is time for Treasury defenders in Congress to return the Secret Service to Treasury’s oversight. When I served as senior adviser to the under secretary for enforcement at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1988 to 1998, the Secret Service was one of the proud…
Facebook to DEA: Setting Up Fake Accounts to Capture Suspects Violates Policies
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA’s decision to set up a fake account on Facebook by stealing a woman’s identity was a “knowing and serious breach” of the social networks’ terms and policies, the company wrote in a letter to the DEA. Gizmodo reports that Facebook will enforce its policy of users creating accounts under…