By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two former federal agents are accused of stealing bitcoins while investigating the online drug marketplace Silk Road. The Huffington Post reports that Carl Force, 46, a former DEA special agent, and Shaun Bridges, 32, an ex-special agent with the Secret Service, were arrested and charged, the Justice Department announced Monday. Force…
By BENJAMIN WEISER and MATT APUZZO New York Times Two former federal agents are expected to be arrested on Monday on charges of stealing money while working undercover on an investigation into Silk Road, the once-thriving black market website for drug dealing, a document shows. The former agents are Carl Mark Force IV, who worked…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — U.S. District Judge Terrence Berg could be a spokesman for having a good attitude about Detroit despite being the victim of a shooting outside his home in city’s University District earlier this month during an attempted robbery. “Overall, I have such a positive feeling about Detroit and where…
Boston’s most notorious unsolved crime may finally have a resolution.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If the FBI had its way, security encryption would be outlawed on cell phones. FBI Director James Comey is lobbying Congress to create a law that would require tech companies to “create a backdoor into any communications device that uses encryption,” Gizmodo reports. Only trouble is, many Congressional members don’t know…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com If you haven’t viewed the NPR video of President Obama’s conversation with David Simon, the creator of the HBO series “The Wire,” on the subjects of drugs, criminal justice policies and law enforcement, it is worth watching. The President lauded the series as one of the greatest pieces of art in…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com If you haven’t viewed the NPR video of President Obama’s conversation with David Simon, the creator of the HBO series “The Wire,”…
