Dale McFeatters The Eagle-Tribune The Founding Fathers valued privacy enough to specify in the Fourth Amendment that the people had the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures unless a warrant was issued. Among other items, they specified “papers.” In a rare moment of shortsightedness, they failed to specify laptops, cellphones and thumb…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Chief Enrique “Henry” Mendiola Jr., whose 25 year of service makes him one of the longest-serving agents of the Border Patrol RGV Sector, is retiring, ValleyCentral.com reports. Mendiola was only 20 years old when he joined the Border Patrol in 1988. “When I came in we were still doing ink fingerprints, we…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Although notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was convicted of 11 murders, the victims of 19 homicide victims want to be heard during sentencing in November, The Boston Globe reports. Bulger’s attorney, J.W. Carney Jr., initially considered opposing the request but acknowledged there’s not much he can do. “Federal law permits family members…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Donald Trump’s real estate empire may soon include the FBI’s headquarters in Washington D.C., the Washington Post reports. Trump said he’s considering bidding on the J. Edgar Hoover Building for redevelopment. He already owns the building across the street, the Old Post Office Pavilion. The FBI has been looking for developers and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s a like a drone for the ocean. Homeland Security is testing a six-foot-long robotic fish that is designed to find contraband in a ship’s hull, The Rancher reports. Equipped with sophisticated sensors, the BIOSwimmer is shaped like a tuna and highly maneuverable. Serving as the launching ground for the robotic fish…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– The criminal case against Richard “White Boy Rick” Wershe Jr. played out during the late 1980s, when he was a teenager and the drug-trade in Detroit was so high-profile that some dealers were household names. He was convicted of cocaine trafficking. Today, 26 years later, another crime is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A lawsuit alleging that the National Security Agency violated the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens now includes claims against new FBI Director James Comey, Bloomberg reports. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which filed the original lawsuit in July, alleges the NSA, with the help of the Justice Department and FBI, surreptitiously collected information…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James A. McIntosh was not just any lecturer. The 6-foot-7 FBI agent was a basketball standout at Villanova University and considered a role model for many of the younger athletes he spoke to about the evils of drugs, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. McIntosh died on June 29 after a battle with…
