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New Surveillance Software Will Give FBI Agents Instant Information From Mobile Devices
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A $1 billion facial recognition system for the FBI will allow agents to capture photos, fingerprints, iris scans and other biographical data from a mobile device such as a phone, Computer World reports. The new technology is part of the Biometric Identification Tools Program, surveillance software that relies on biometric data and…
Opinion: Former Justice Dept. Spokesman Says FBI handled Petraeus Investigation Properly
Matthew Miller is a partner at Vianovo. From 2009 to 2011, he was the Director of the Office of Public Affairs at the Department of Justice. By Matthew Miller Politico Since the news of CIA Director David Petraeus’s extramarital affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell broke last week, members of Congress have demanded to…
Drunk Man Accused of Threatening Family Members of an FBI Agent
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com There’s an old, time-tested rule: Don’t make phone calls while you’re really inebriated. Peter Joseph Persico apparently couldn’t help himself at a Florida bar when he called the FBI office in Albany and unleashed a torrent of profanity directed at an agent, the Albany Times Union reports. Still fuming after he was…
David Petraeus Investigation Expands to Top US Commander in Afganistan
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ever-evolving investigation into CIA Director David Petraeus’ extramarital affair has expanded to the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, who is accused of inappropriate communication with the woman at the center of the scandal, Reuters reports. The FBI uncovered up to 30,000 pages of communication, mostly e-mails, between Allen…
U.S. Customs Officers Help Deliver Baby at Texas-Mexico Border
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.om Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers helped deliver a baby girl at a South Texas border, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The mother, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen, was a passenger in a car Saturday at a bridge between Brownsville, Tex. and Matamoros, Mexico when the driver alerted the U.S. Customs and…
Patraeus Email Scandal Grows Richer: FBI Agent Sent Shirtless Photo to Woman Who Complained
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Now this is starting to sound like a full-blown, made for the big-screen Washington scandal. Reporters Devlin Barrett, Evan Perez and Siobhan Gorman of the Wall Street Journal report that the FBI agent who started the probe into Patraeus scandal, was a friend of Jill Kelley, the Tampa woman who received…
Column: Ex-FBI Official Skeptical of Media and Whether Patraeus Probe Will Remain Bi-Partisan
Anthony Riggio is a former lawyer who went on to work for the FBI for 24 years. He held a number of posts during that time including assistant special agent in charge of the Detroit office. He retired in 1995 as a senior executive at FBI headquarters. His column is in response to a ticklethewire.com newsletter that…
When Will We See Them Again? Release Dates on Some Public Figures
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s interesting how soon we forget about public figures when they run afoul of the law. Sometimes years go by before we finally say, “Gee, whatever happened to Congressman so-and-so” and “I wonder when he’s getting out of prison.” Well, ticklethewire.com was wondering the same. So we checked with the Bureau…