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Details of FBI’s Closely Guarded ‘Stingray’ May Soon Become Public
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI directed a local police department to drop criminal charges against a suspect in 2012 to avoid the public finding out about a secret device to track people, CNN reports. The device, called the “Stringray,” allows investigators to find suspects by tracking their cell phones. The technology mimics a cell…
Wisconsin May Hire 5 Justice Department staffers to Investigate Cop-Involved Shootings
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The national outcry over cop-involved shootings may mean more accountability in Wisconsin. Gov. Scott Walker said he may change his mind and include in the budget enough money to hire five state Justice Department staffers to investigate the officer-involved deaths, the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reports. “If DOJ feels as though additional…
Border Patrol Agent Accuses Homeland Security of Manipulating Statistics
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent told a Senate committee Tuesday that Homeland Security is fudging border statistics to make the border seem safer than it actually is, The Business Insider reports. “I want to be crystal clear – the border is not secure,” said border agent Chris Cabrera in prepared testimony before…
FBI Investigating Massive Cyberattack on Premera Health Insurance Company
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a large cyberattack on the Premera health insurance company after concerns that personal and financial information of nearly 11 million customers has been compromised, ABC News reports. Premera said there’s no evidence yet that data was used “inappropriately.” The company discovered the “sophisticated attack” nearly seven weeks…
Letter Addressed to White House Headed to Third Round of Testing for Cyanide
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Did an envelope addressed to the White House contain cyanide? It’s going to take a third round of testing after the initial biological testing came back negative but a follow-up test found a “presumptive positive” for the deadly poison, the Secret Service said. The New York Times reports that the letter…
Boston Globe: FBI Should Re-Open City’s ‘Most Notorious Unsolved Mystery’
By The Boston Globe Editorial Board After Decades of frustration, the FBI ought to try opening its files on the Gardner Museum heist in hopes that fresh vision will help crack Boston’s most notorious unsolved mystery. The theft of 13 priceless works of art, including Rembrandt’s “Storm on the Sea of Galilee,” 25 years ago…
Missouri Lt. Gov. Kinder: DOJ Is More Racist Than St. Louis, Ferguson
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said the Justice Department is “obsessed with race” and has demonstrated more racism than “than anywhere I see in the St. Louis area,” The Huffington Post reports. Kinder claims protests over the death of Michael Brown are “based on a lie” and have been exacerbated by…
Border Patrol Tries New Approach, Trading Gun And Cuffs for Coat and Tie
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Mexican immigrants think of the Border Patrol, they often think of agents in green uniform with a gun, handcuffs and a baton. Intimidating figures. Now the agency is taking a more humanitarian approach and is urging immigrants to dissuade others from crossing the border because it is more dangerous and…