February 27, 2015
Fox News Cries Foul Over Attorney General Eric Holder Denying Exit Interview
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder has given Fox News the stiff-arm on an exit interview, and the news agency is not happy, The Washington Post reports. “The Attorney General’s decision does a deep disservice to America’s largest cable news audience and the interests of a free press,” Fox News Executive Vice President…
Day of Reckoning: Deadline to Avoid Homeland Security Shutdown Is Today
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The fate of Homeland Security’s budget and President Obama’s immigration plan is in the hands of the U.S. Senate on the final day before money runs out today. The New York Times reports that the Senate is expected to vote today on a measure that would providing funding for the remainder…
Anti-Gay Westboro Leader Fred Phelps Has Extensive FBI File
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Fred Phelps, the founder of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, was no stranger to the FBI. In fact, The Hill reports that Phelps was “well known to the FBI,” according to his newly released 250-page bureau file. Phelps, who died in March 2014, first came on the FBI’s radar in 1967…
Top FBI Counterterrorism Official: ‘We’re losing the battle’ with ISIS
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s top counterterrorism official left no room for ambiguity about the frustrating battle to stop ISIS’ aggressive social media campaign: “We are losing the battle,” ABC News reports. The terror group “has proven dangerously competent like no other group before it at employing [online] tools for its nefarious strategy,” the…