By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Federal budget cuts have manifested themselves in a multitude of ways already. Now, dramatically, the Obama administration plans next year to cut the number of National Guard troops patrolling the US-Mexico border by at least half, reports the Washington Times. Though the White House is not announcing the plans yet, Republican…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If you’re going to bribe a country, you might as well do it big time. That’s what eight former executives and agents of Siemens AG and its subsidiaries must have figured. On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced that the eight had been charged with allegedly engaging in a decade-long scheme to…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Ralph S. Boelter, after 20 years with the FBI, has been named assistant director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, the bureau said in a statement on Monday. Boelter began his career at the bureau’s Boston Division in July of 1991, investigating white collar crime, violent crime and criminal enterprise matters, according…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Is a company entitled to know if the software it produces is being used by the FBI? The FBI says No. Carrier IQ, a Mountain View, Calif.-based tech company, aggravated many when news got out that it had installed tracking software on millions of peoples’ cell phones without their knowledge, and…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Were the Newburgh Four really intent on perpetrating terrorist attacks on US military planes and the homes of wealthy New York Jews? A report by the Guardian on Monday questions the “ethos” of FBI investigation that led to the conviction of the four suburban New Yorkers that were jailed for 25…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A former top Secret Service official has been endorsed by Republican Rep. John Boehner as the next Seargeant at Arms, in charge of protecting all lawmakers, congressional staff and visitors to the Capitol Complex, reports the Hill. On Monday Boehner recommended former Assistant Director for Administration Paul Irving to replace outgoing…
