By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Christopher Andrew Gibson is accused of robbing a bank while still wearing the clothes he had on when he was released from jail earlier in the day, NBC 7 San Diego reports. Surveillance video shows Gibson wearing the same button-up shirt he was wearing when he was released from George Bailey…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has been collecting data from cell phone users on a mass scale for the past seven years by using electronic devices to mimic cellular towers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The U.S. Marshals Service reportedly flew Cessna planes with technology capable of simulating cell phone towers. The planes…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The man who jumped over a White House fence and burst into the White House in September managed to avoid security because of a litany of problems with the Secret Service, CNN reports. A Homeland Security report found numerous failures that allowed Omar Gonzalez to so easily access the White House….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) announced Thursday its support for Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch. Lynch is currently the U.S. Attorney for Brooklyn. The Association, in a statement said: Today, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) announced its support for Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch. FLEOA stands behind her proven…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A lot of questions have been raised about how the FBI managed to gain access to an encrypted computer by one of the FBI’s most wanted cybercriminals. Turns out, Jeremy Hammond, who was savvy enough to hack the website of think tank Statfor, used a very simple password: “Chewy 123.” “Chewy”…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Pimps appear to be getting more brazen. KSAT ABC 12 reports that pimps are luring children and young adults into sex work by working in groups and public events. “They travel the same way that maybe a band would travel: from city to city. They identify a market which would be…
By Conor Friedersdorf The Atlantic The FBI lies a lot. Sometimes that’s fully justified. Brave agents risk their lives to infiltrate terrorist cells, organized crime, and child-pornography rings. Subterfuge is vital to these operations, and needn’t harm the country if done correctly. But there are certain kinds of lies and untruths that the FBI should…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent is in hot water after he was accused of beating another man in the parking lot of a bar with a motorcycle helmet because of an argument over a Dallas Cowboys game, Valley Central reports. Hector David Arredondo, 42, was arrested on an aggravated assault charge on…
