Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. House narrowly rejected a plan that would have limited the controversial collection of telephone records on domestic calls Wednesday after the extent of the surveillance was leaked last month, the USA Today reports. The 217-205 vote means the NSA can continue collecting domestic surveillance without as much as a warrant….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Corrupt FBI agent John Connolly urged the feds against prosecuting him and James “Whitey” Bulger so they could continue delivering information about rival gangs, a former henchman for the accused mob boss testified Wednesday, The Boston Globe reports. Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi testified that Connolly helped them avoid indictments at a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Denver division received honors for its forensic laboratory, becoming internationally accredited, the Denver Post reports. Officials of the Rocky Mountain Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory celebrated Wednesday after getting accreditation from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors. The laboratory opened in 2006 and allows full-service digital forensics, the Denver Post…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Fans of Breaking Bad, a breathtaking show on AMC about a suburban meth dealer, have long praised it for its authenticity and seemingly strong sense of chemistry. Turns out, reports The Dallas Morning News, show leaders have been consulting with a chemist at the University of Oklahoma. The show also uses an…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Vincent Lisi, who has served in numerous jobs as an FBI agent since 1989, has been named the new leader of the agency’s Boston office, the Associated Press reports. FBI Director Robert Mueller announced Wednesday that Lisi would replace Richard DesLauriers, who is retiring after more than 26 years with the FBI….
The third major milestone is the discovery of molecular gas and dust rotating around the massive star. This discovery extends the observation of protoplanetary disks to the high mass regime, where the dynamic is dominated by the mass of the disk rather than the mass of the central star. Even though it was estimated that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s an embarrassing revelation about the U.S. Marshals Service. Devlin Barrett of the Wall Street Journal reports that the agency has lost track of at least 2,000 encrypted two-way radios and other communication devices valued at millions of dollars. The Journal cites internal agency documents, and notes that “some within…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Six Colombians accused of in the death of a DEA agent last month have been indicted by a federal grand jury for kidnapping and murder, the Associated Press reports. DEA Agent Terry Watson was working in Colombia when he was allegedly attacked in a taxi cab in what officials say was a…
