By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Senior ATF official Scott Sweetow is coming under scrutiny. The Hill reports that the Justice Department is investigating allegations he may have accessed the personal data of other agency employees and sent the info to his personal email account. The Hill cites CNN as the reporting the matter. “It appears somebody…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The DEA is saying it’s confident that escaped Mexican drug loan Joaquin Guzman will be captured. “I haven’t slept since Saturday night,” U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration deputy administrator Jack Riley said, according to a report by John Bacon in USA Today. “The hunt is back on – and we are going to…
By Mike Wereschagin and Andrew Conte Pittsburgh Tribune-Review A fresh-faced college student who once designed a mobile app to bring Pittsburghers together slipped from his prestigious Carnegie Mellon University classrooms into the shadows of the Web, where he sold a program that put thieves inside people’s pockets, federal authorities said Wednesday. Morgan Culbertson, 20,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Hollywood props are becoming so realistic-looking that the Secret Service has become alarmed. Bloomberg reports in a video newscast, which you can see by clicking here, that one of the largest prop makers in Hollywood, Independent Studios, has received complaints from the Secret Service because the props, like cash, guns and…
President Obama on Thursday delivered a clear message Wednesday when he commuted the federal prison sentences of 46 nonviolent drug offenders: The time has come to overhaul a criminal justice system that locks away too many nonviolent offenders.
Fearing that Homeland Security is not equipped to combat violent extremism, key lawmakers in Washington passed legislation Wednesday that would create a single office dedicated to focusing solely on terrorism.
A newly released video shows the stunning prison escape by Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and the incredibly sophisticated mile-long tunnel that served as his escape route.
