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FBI to Test New ‘Rapid DNA’ Testing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI hopes to soon test new technology that would analyze DNA almost instantly, Network World reports. The so-called Rapid DNA machine is designed to pinpoint someone’s identity with a simple cotton swab of saliva, according to Network World. While authorities have been using DNA tests to help solve crimes since the…
FBI Team Arrives in Libya to Investigate Deaths of Four Americans
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A team of FBI agents is in Libya to investigate the killings of four Americans during an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the Washington Post reports. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday an undisclosed number of agents arrived in Libya following delays fueled by concerns about continued violence,…
Renoir Painting Stolen at Gunpoint Makes FBI’s Top Ten Art Crimes List
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has added a stolen Renoir painting to its global gallery of most wanted art pieces, the bureau announced Tuesday. Last year an armed man with a ski mask swiped the painting, “Madeleine Leaning Her Elbow with Flowers in Her Hair,” from a private Texas home. “We hope that adding the…
Justice Department: Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina Routinely Violated Rights of Latinos
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A two-year probe by the U.S. Department of Justice has concluded that a North Carolina sheriff and his deputies targeted and arrested Latinos without probable cause, the Associated Press reports. An 11-page report issued Tuesday says Alamance County Sheriff Terry S. Johnson and his deputies trampled on the constitutional rights of Latinos…
Man Accused of Taking Someone Captive in FBI Office Building in Salt Lake City
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Of all the places to try and pull something like this off. Police say a man walked into a building that houses the FBI in Salt Lake City and took another man captive in an elevator Monday, reports Fox 13 News “It was reported that someone was being held in the elevators…
Border Patrol Agents Accused of Assault, Groping Each Other Near Child
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A trial date has been for a pair of Border Patrol agents accused of assault and groping each other in a sexual manner in front of a child at a circus-like show in California, the DelMar-Carmel Valley Patch. Agents Gerald Torello and Kallie Helwig are to stand trial Jan. 28 on misdemeanor…
FBI Says it Did Nothing Wrong by Monitoring Occupy Movement
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI defended its decision to monitor the Occupy movement in Northern California, saying it “respects liberty and privacy and avoids unnecessary intrusions into the lives of law-abiding people,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The American Civil Liberties Union brought the surveillance to light under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. “Why…
Former FBI Cybersecurity Official Steven Chabinsky Thinks FBI is Doing Great Job, But Government Could Do Better
The FBI’s former top attorney for cybersecurity, Steven Chabinsky, who stepped down this month, thinks the FBI is doing a great job battling the problem, but told the Washington Post that the “federal government” has taken a “failed approach” by focusing on reducing vulnerabilities rather than actively deterring attackers. Ticklethewire.com, in summing up the Washington…