May 8, 2015
NSA Blasted for Unlawfully Collecting Data on Every American’s Phone Calls
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a crushing defeat to the President Obama administration, a federal appeals court has unanimously ruled Thursday that the NSA violated the law by collecting data on all U.S. telephone calls. The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the surveillance program was “an unprecedented contradiction of the privacy expectations…
FBI Warned Garland Police about Shooter Just 3 Hours Before Violence Unfolded
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI warned Garland police that one of the two gunmen who would open fire outside a cartoon contest to draw Prophet Muhammad in Texas may be targeting the event just hours before the shooting, The New York Times reports. “We developed information just hours before the event that Simpson might…
Report: American Psychological Association Helped CIA with Torture Program, Now Assists FBI
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The American Psychological Association has been complicit in the CIA torture program, violated the ethics code and now appears to be assisting the FBI with similar programs, according to a blistering 60-page report by experts and doctors. The report, “All the President’s Psychologists,” alleges that the APA, which prohibits psychologists from…
Justice Department Public Integrity Section Gets New Leader
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department’s powerful Public Integrity section, which investigates politicians and judges, has a new leader, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. U.S. Attorney Jack Smith, who has been a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, brings a wealth of background and knowledge to the position. Smith was a criminal prosecutor, for example, in…
Secret Service Adds Sharp Spikes to White House Fence to Stop Jumpers
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After several embarrassing failures to protect the White House from jumpers, the Secret Service has added sharp metal spikes to the fence, NBC News reports. “The temporary design solution for the White House complex fence is meant to improve security, while minimizing visual impacts and respecting the significance of the White…