New York Times Editorial Board If your Internet service goes down and you call a technician, can you be certain that the person who arrives at your door is actually there to restore service? What if he is a law enforcement agent in disguise who has disabled the service so he can enter your home…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The highlight of Kenneth Tate’s career as a private security guard was riding an elevator with President Obama in Atlanta. That ride has cost Tate his $42,000-a-year job, the New York Times reports. President Obama was visiting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when Tate took the elevator ride. It…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Alleged misconduct by an FBI agent has forced authorities to release at least a dozen convicts from prison, the Washington Post reports. Others awaiting trial on drug charges also have been freed as investigators examine the agent’s role in the case. It’s not yet clear what the agent is suspected of…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not enough evidence exists to bring civil rights charges against the white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, investigators for the Justice Department said. The Washington Post reports that the Justice Department is reluctant to acknowledge the lack of evidence because of high tensions in the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security officials appear to have an affinity for Starbucks. NBC-4 Washington reports that Homeland Security employees spent $30,000 at the coffee chain in 2013. The drinks were bought with so-called purchase cards. At a Starbucks in Alameda, Calif., agency employees spent $12,000. “I don’t know the agency’s needs or contingencies,…
