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Obsessed Former TSA Agent Gets 6 Months in Jail for Hidden Videos, Pictures
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Nashville TSA agent said he became so obsessed with a woman that he took hidden videos of her in an airport bathroom and broke into her house five times. Daniel Boykin, 33, was sentenced to six months in jail on Thursday, and Judge Randall Wyatt advised the former agent…
Secret Service Supervisor Accused of Sexually Assaulting Employee at Office After Party
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In yet another blow to the Secret Service’s reputation, a high-ranking supervisor is on administrative leave following complaints from a female employee that he sexually assaulted her at the agency’s headquarters following a celebration for his new job to run the Louisville office. Instead of reporting to his new job, Xavier…
DEA Sued Following Discovery That Agency Collected Americans’ Phone Records
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone call records violated the constitutional rights of Americans, alleges the Human Rights Watch in a lawsuit against the agency. Forbes reports that the suit comes just a day after a USA Today report on the surveillance program. The DEA reportedly amassed billions of phone…
Why South Carolina Cop Got Caught Killing Unarmed Walter Scott
By Scott Lemieux The Week He probably would have gotten away with it. That’s the sobering reality of the video of South Carolina police officer Michael Slager shooting Walter L. Scott as he ran away, not posing the slightest threat to the officer. The utter indifference to human life evident in the video, shot by…
FBI Arrests Louisville Man Accused of Threatening to Blow Up Building
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Louisville man is accused of threatening to blow up an unidentified building and has been arrested, the FBI announced. Agents arrested Robert Paul Cardwell, 30, while working with the FBI’s Detroit Division. The FBI released the following statement: SAC Howard S. Marshall announced today the arrest of Robert Paul Cardwell…
FBI Informant Code-Named Mellow Was Anything But As he Helped Bust 24 Suspects
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Don’t let his code name with the FBI fool you. Informant “Mellow,” as he’s code-named by the bureau, is anything but mellow. MassLive.com reports that David Rodriguez, a former Latin Kings ember, helped target 24 suspected drug and gun dealers for the FBI in the less than a year in Massachusetts. Rodriguez…
Guilty! Jury Will Now Consider the Death Penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Boston Marathon Bombing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As expected, a federal court jury has found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty in the Boston Marathon bombing, the Washington Post reports. The same jury will now decide whether he spends the remainder of his life in prison or is executed under a federal death penalty statute. Tsarnaev stood with his head bowed…
Is Your Website at Risk of ISIS attack? FBI Warns About Vulnerabilities
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is warning that hackers claiming to be ISIS sympathizers are attacking websites with security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins. PC World reports that some of the plugins were providing an easy back door for some hackers to gain access and inject scripts or install malware. The hackers targeted news organizations,…