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FBI Announces Android Version of Popular Child ID App
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Friday, May 25 was National Missing Children’s Day in the U.S. and in observance, the FBI announced the release of a new version of its Child ID App for Android mobile phones. The popular iPhone version of the same app has been downloaded 121,000 times since its 2011 launch. The free app…
Attorney Gets Extension to Review Boston Mobster Boss Whitey Bulger’s Case
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The lawyers for James “Whitey” Bulger have received an extra 2 weeks to review his case before deciding whether they can be properly prepared for trial. Attorney J.W. Carney has been struggling to wade through hundreds of thousands of pages of evidence related to a 1999 indictment for crimes allegedly committed in…
32 Guns Found at U.S. Airports in a Week
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After Sept. 11, 2001, it’s still amazing to find how common it is for people to bring guns to airports. On occasion, ticklethewire.com likes to check in to see just how many folks still bring guns. According to the Transportation Security Administration, 30 loaded guns and two unloaded ones were discovered…
FBI Has Reason to Doubt Pedro Hernandez Confession to Killing Etan Patz
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Like the rest of the Etan Patz disappearance, the murder confession of Pedro Hernandez is not an open-and-shut case. Lack of evidence, inconsistencies in the suspect’s story, and mental health issues are bringing Hernandez’s confession into doubt, according to the NY Daily News. Since the 6-year-old Patz went missing in 1979, there…
Column: Should FBI Be Allowed to Wiretap Facebook?
By Adam Cohen Time magazine We may all be getting a new Facebook friend soon: the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI wants to shift its wiretapping from old-school telephone lines to person-to-person platforms like email and instant messaging and even social media like Facebook. To help it make the switch, the FBI is asking…
Exciting Ride for Detroit’s Top FBI Agent Andy Arena
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT — On Christmas day in 2009, Andrew Arena, head of the Detroit FBI, made a beeline to the airport to deal with a young Nigerian man — aka The Underwear Bomber — who tried to blow up an airliner. “He slipped up and gave us some stuff,” Arena…
FBI Arrests New Jersey Mayor and Son for Hacking
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Reasons to ‘Recall Roque’, the Mayor of West New York, N.J., seem to be apparent without visiting the website by that name. For starters, Felix Roque and his 22 year old son Joseph were arrested by the FBI Thursday for allegedly hacking GoDaddy.com, where the anti-Roque website’s domain was registered, reports…
FBI Investigates ‘Revenge Porn’ Website Founder Hunter Moore
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Hunter Moore, 26, creator of the ‘revenge porn’ website IsAnyoneUp.com and self-promoted bad-boy, is under FBI investigation, confirmed ABC Nightline. Moore operated the site that allowed scorned lovers to post nude photos of their ex-partners. It also allowed people to comment. He sold the website, and it was shut down in April….