Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has copies of the work email account of a fired Ford Motor Co. engineer who is accused of hiding listening devices in the automaker’s conference rooms, the Detroit News reports. The contents of the email account include files, pictures, drafts, address boxes, contact lists and calendar data of fired Ford…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has ended its controversial quest to hire a company to grade whether news is positive, neutral or negative, the Washington Times reports. The bureau abruptly removed the contract solicitation without explanation, and the FBI declined to discuss it. Journalism ethicists expressed worries about the FBI’s plans to grade news coverage….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent claims that gang members from Central America are being released into the U.S., Fox News reports. Agent Chris Cabrera said the federal government is releasing gang members if they have family members in the U.S. “If they have family in the United States, they’ll release them to the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Honduran nationals are accused of violently assaulting a Border Patrol officer near the Rio Grande City in Texas, the Brownsville Heralds reports. Marco Tulio Avelar-Gomez, 45, and Nelson Dionosio Chavarria-Ramos, 25, face federal charges after the alleged assault. The Border Patrol agent, whose identity is not being released, approached the men…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Baseball fans, brace for another wave of disclosures about players accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. ESPN is reporting that Major League Baseball is urging the DEA to identify the players in an attempt to begin an investigation. Now the feds are trying to determine how they are going to honor the request…
