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Can FBI Tap Into Cell Phones without a Warrant? Arguments Begin in Federal Court Today
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s use of cell-phone tracking technology will go on trial this afternoon. At issue is stingray devices, which use legitimate cell towers to connect to mobile devices, CNET reports. Civil libertarians argue the devices violate Americans’ Fourth Amendment right to reasonable privacy and want to impose limits on them, in the…
Recent Addition to 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List Surrenders in Colorado to Face Murder Charge
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Less than two weeks after being added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, Edwin Ernesto Rivera Gracias voluntarily returned from El Salvador to Colorado to be charged with first-degree murder, USA Today reports. Rivera Gracias, who surrendered after the FBI announced a $100,000 reward, was wanted for the Colorado slaying…
Deirdre L. Fike to Head Up FBI’s Anchorage Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Deirdre L. Fike, who most recently was an inspector for the Inspection Division at headquarters, has been assigned to head up the FBI’s Anchorage Division. Fike began her FBI career in 1989 and was first assigned to Louisville, where she investigated violent crimes and served as a crisis negotiator and a…
Violent Street Gang Busted for Allegedly Controlling Drug Trade in Atlantic City
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities arrested 25 people Tuesday tied to a violent street gang accused of using force and threats to control the drug trade in Atlantic City, the FBI announced. The FBI said the arrests are a “significant blow” to the gang known as “Dirty Block” or “Crime Fam.” The gang is accused of…
Health Officials Ask FBI to Investigate Disappearance of Vial of Deadly Venezuelan Virus
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging the FBI to investigate the disappearance of a deadly Venezuelan virus from a bio lab in Texas, ABC World News reports. “CDC reported the incident to the FBI and we understand that the FBI will initiate an investigation concerning the reported incident,” Dr….
FBI Investigates Suspicious Death of Woman Aboard Cruise Ship; Autopsy Underway
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has classified as suspicious the cause of death of a 62-year-old Virginia woman found dead aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, the Washington Post reports. Authorities said the woman’s husband found the body. FBI agents boarded the ship Monday during its scheduled return to Baltimore, the Washington Post reported. An…
A 1947 Memo Shows FBI Trained Agents to Exploit Perceived Weaknesses of Minority Groups
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents were trained to exploit the perceived weaknesses of various minority groups, including Mexicans, Catholics and black people, according to a bureau memo from 1947, the U.S. News & World Report writes. Compiled for the FBI’s field agents, the memo describes Mexicans as “slow to respond.” Catholics, according to the report,…
Jury Convicts New York Man of Trying to Seek Terrorism Training Abroad
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A jury Monday convicted a New York man of lying to the FBI about plans to train with terrorists like the Taliban or al-Qaida, the Associated Press reports. Abdel Hameed Shehadeh now faces up to 21 years in prison when sentenced. Shehadeh’s friends testified that he spoke of wanting to die while…