By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A passenger with the Ebola virus traveled through the security checkpoints at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, prompting TSA to disinfect the areas, the Plain Dealer reports. The patient, Amber Joy Vinson, walked through the central security checkpoint while en route to Dallas/Fort Worth. Individual lanes to the checkpoints will be closed…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is considering using futuristic dog collars to improve security at the border, Nextgov.com reports. “The U.S. government is exploring the possibility of outfitting its border-protecting canines with futuristic collars that can, for example, translate a dog’s stress level through its bark and relay that data in real-time to a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI joined an investigation into who sent an email threatening “the deadliest school shooting in American history” if Utah State University hosted a speech by feminist writer Anita Sarkeesian, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Sarkeesian, a critic of how women are portrayed in video games, said she canceled the speech…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A top lawyer for the ACLU is President Obama’s choice to head the civil rights division of the Justice Department, a position that has been without a permanent leaders for more than a year, the Washington Post reports. Vanita Gupta, 39,will become the acting head of the division Wednesday. A longtime…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agent Eric S. Birnbaum, a 26-year-veteran of the bureau, will take over San Diego’s field office. The Times of San Diego reports that Birnbaum has been named to succeed Daphne Hearn, who retired in August. Birnbaum has a bachelor’s degree in math from Miami University in Ohio and a doctorate…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Massachusetts man who is on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List is believed to be in Syria and may be employing computer science skills he learned in his American education to assistant ISIS, WCVB.com reports. “Here is a guy that went to terrorist training camps, that expressed his desire to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has ended the controversial practice of asking defendants who plead guilty to waive their appellate rights over bad legal advice, CNN reports. In a memo issued Tuesday, the Justice Department said it will ban the waivers that are still used in 35 U.S. attorney offices. The waivers are controversial…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said fewer immigrants are crossing the border because of increased security efforts, but he emphasized that other threats require a strong law enforcement presence, the Arizona Capitol Times reports. The good news is that illegal immigration is falling. “Put simply, it’s now much harder to cross…
