By Boston Globe Editorial What, exactly, would critics want the FBI to have done differently? The agency is coming in for a lot of second-guessing in Congress for its handling of the inquiry into the extramarital affair between former CIA director David H. Petraeus and biographer Paula Broadwell. The bizarre case, involving anonymous e-mails,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are alarmed at what appears to be an increase in cartels recruiting children and teenagers to smuggle drugs over the U.S. border, NBC 7 in San Diego reports. Federal agents said children as young as 12 are being used as drug mules. “It shocks me and saddens me that kids…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new border outpost for CBP has opened in an isolated section of southwest New Mexico to combat a rise in crimes related to drug trafficking, authorities announced Thursday, the Associated Press reports. For the first time, the mountainous region of Bootheel will be patrolled around-the-clock by CBP. The idea was to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Missouri man was so spooked by an Internet scam that he tipped off police about child porn on his computer, the Springfield News-Leader reports. Police say the unnamed man, who is now under investigation, panicked when he received an alert that the FBI wanted $200 to unlock his computer to search…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In his first public comments about the downfall of CIA Director David Petraeus, President Obama said he is reserving judgment on whether the FBI handled the matter properly, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama said Wednesday that he is waiting for more information before deciding whether the FBI should have told him…
By Mike Carter Seattle Times staff reporter The FBI agent who initiated the investigation that led to the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus said Thursday a shirtless photograph of him found in the email of Tampa socialite Jill Kelley “was a tongue-in-cheek joke” sent to dozens of friends and acquaintances and was meant to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department whacked BP Exploration and Production Inc. The company agreed to plead guilty to felony manslaughter, environmental crimes and obstruction of Congress and pay a record $4.5 billion in criminal fines and penalties for its roll in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 people and caused the…
