FBI
Judge: Suspected Murderer Can’t Use Old FBI Records to Prove His Innocence
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Seattle man will not be able to use old FBI records to help prove he did not kidnap and kill a 7-year-old Illinois girl in 1957, the Associated Press reports. A judge ruled the records relied on hearsay and shouldn’t be admissible. The records indicate Jack McCullough was in Chicago on…
FBI Is Building New Complex in Suburban Boston
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was a long time coming, but the Boston office of the FBI is finally beginning to build a new complex in nearby Chelsea, the Boston Globe reports. The FBI expects to move into the 200,000-square-foot building by early 2015. The agency is moving forward with the construction after a judge dismissed…
FBI: No Evidence That Agency Had Access to Millions of Apple Devices
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI on Tuesday disputed reports that it possessed a database with personal information on millions of Apple devices. It also said there’s no evidence that an FBI laptop was compromised. “The FBI is aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple UDIDs…
FBI Clears San Diego State Basketball Team Cleared of Fixing Games
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s hard to imagine a team with a 34-3 record throwing games, right? Well, the FBI tracked San Diego State during its fantastic 2010-11 season, unbeknownst to coaches, players and school officials, CBS Sports reports. The FBI cleared the university of wrongdoing. The investigation began after one of the 10 men…
Book: Reagan Used Close Relationship With FBI and Hoover to Get Special Attention
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former President Ronald Reagan exploited his relationship with the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover as an informant to get the agency to provide information on his children Michael and Maureen and to obtain information unavailable to the public, LA Observer reports. Citing Seth Rosenfeld’s new book, “Subversives: The FBI’s War on…
Hackers Claim FBI Is Monitoring More Than 1 Million Apple Users
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The hacker group Anonymous announced it has stolen information from an FBI laptop computer that carried information on more than 1 million iPhone and iPad users, Forbes reports. While Forbes was unable to verify the authenticity of the data, writer Andy Greenberg said the information “does seem to be an enormous…
A Warm Detroit Welcome: U-Haul Van with Secret Service Equipment Stolen and Later Recovered
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The Secret Service probably wished this little embarrassment remained a secret. Thieves made off over the weekend with a U-Haul truck parked in downtown Detroit that contained equipment for the U.S. Secret Service, which was planning a protection detail for Vice President Joe Biden, who spoke Sunday in…
FBI: Prison Supervisor Jailed After Having Sex with Inmates for Cigarettes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Arizona prison supervisor was arrested this week on charges that he had sex with two male inmates who were given cigarettes in exchange, according to Smoking Gun. An FBI surveillance camera caught Carl David Evans in a menage a trios with two inmates in a storage closet. The camera was set…