2012
Homeland Chief: No Major Threats Against Super Bowl
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com So far so good. KCRA tv reports that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made clear there have been no major threats for the Super Bowl Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis. “We’re really moving forward in terms of what we can check for and how we check, and with as little hassle…
Hackers Intercept FBI, Scotland Yard Call
By The Associated Press LONDON — A sensitive conference call between FBI and British police’s cybercrime investigators was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, officials and hackers said Friday. Hacking collective Anonymous published a roughly 15-minute-long recording of a conference call apparently devoted to tracking and prosecuting members of the loosely-knit…
Lubbock City Property Returned After a Nearly 4-Year FBI Investigation
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Federal agents and prosecutors know too well the frustration of investigating something for a long long time, only to come up empty handed. Well, that’s just what happened in Lubbock, Tex. A nearly four-year-long FBI investigation of the city and its former healthcare administrator has resulted in no charges, according to…
Ex-DEA Official Endorses Mitt Romney
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Donald Trump wasn’t the only person serving up an endorsement this week for presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. Romney announced that Asa Hutchinson, the former administrator for DEA, is endorsing him, according to the website Politicalnews.me. “I’m proud to earn Asa’s endorsement,” said Mitt Romney, according to the website. “Asa is a…
Family of Murdered Border Patrol Agent Files $25 Million Lawsuit Against ATF
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Dem Lawmaker Accuses Rep. Issa of “Election Year Witch Hunt” in Congressional Probe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, on Thursday accused Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican committee chair, of an “election year witch hunt” in going after the Attorney General and the Justice Department during a Congressional probe into the flawed Operation Fast and…
NYC Councilman Regrets Comments About FBI
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A New York city councilman is recanting comments he made over the weekend critical of the FBI, reports the New York Post City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Queens) likened an FBI investigation looking into the campaign finances of his friend Comptroller John Liu to “political entrapment” on a radio show over the…