By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If Congress fails to reach a funding agreement by the end of February, Homeland Security will furlough at least 30,000 workers in what could have far-reaching ramifications, the department’s head, Jeh Johnson, said. The Huffington Post reports that Johnson is stepping up his rhetoric in the face of a potential DHS…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The woman at the center of the Prince Andrew “sex slave” scandal said she believes the FBI has video of her having sex with billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein and “some of his powerful friends,” the Independent reports. Virginia Roberts, now 31, said in sworn statements in court last week that she…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigators are baffled after a 34-year-old man drove his pickup truck through a Coast Guard station gate Sunday morning in Michigan and assaulted personnel after saying he had packed his vehicle with explosives, WZZM-TV reports. The man, whose identity has not yet been released, was subdued and arrested at the Grand…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The alarming increase in computer attacks has prompted the FBI to create a cyber crimes task force in Louisville, WDRB.com reports. To combat the sophistication, the FBI is recruiting computer-savvy people. “There’s a changing in the F.B.I. for sure,” said Michael Russo Jr., a Supervisory Special Agent with the F.B.I. Russo…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The horrific Sandy Hook school shooting that killed 20 children and six staff members was a hoax? So claimed former Atlanta Braves star Chipper Jones in an odd tweet that suggested the FBI confirmed the shooting was not real, Huffington Post reports. The next day, on Saturday, Jones apologized, saying he…
