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One of Secret Service’s First Female Agents to Protect President Writes Book
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Secret Service agent has published a book about her experience as one of the first women on the presidential protection force, The Hill reports. Sue Ann Baker’s memoir, “Behind the Shades,” details becoming one of the first five female agents in 1971 – long after the Secret Service was…
FBI Investigates Spate of Attacks on Internet Cables in California
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are worried about a spate of attacks on high-capacity Internet cables in the San Francisco Bay Area in the past year, including one early Tuesday morning, USA Today reports. The latest attack, which involved breaking into an underground vault and cutting fiber-optic cables, cut off Internet service for businesses and…
Middle School Teacher Accused of Watching Live-Streaming Sex Shows Involving Children
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A middle school teacher in Massachusetts was arrested Tuesday for allegedly paying for live-streaming sex shows involving children in the Philippines. WCVB reports that Scott Peeler, 53, who works for Southbridge Public Schools, faces charges of attempting to entice and coerce a minor to engage in sexual activity and receipt of…
FBI: Fire Not Intentionally Set in Church Previously Burned by KKK
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities were immediately suspicious when fire broke out inside a black church that the KKK had burned down in South Carolina 20 years ago. After all, the fire came amid a string of suspicious fires at black churches following the shooting at Charleston’s historic African Methodist Episcopal Church less than a…
Border Patrol Slammed in Report for Corruption, Coverups, Excessive Force
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is so entrenched in corruption and coverups that it would take nearly 350 criminal investigators to adequately investigate the wrongdoings, according to a sharply critical report by the Homeland Security Department. The Los Angeles Times reports Border Patrol agents are vulnerable to “systematic corruption” by drug cartels and…
Secret Service Adding Metal Spikes to White House Fence to Stop Would-Be Intruders
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The White House fence is about to become a lot harder to jump. After embarrassing security gaps, the Secret Service and the National Park Service are adding sharp metal spikes to the fence, The Associated Press reports. The spikes are meant to be temporary until a permanent solution is found. The…
Prison Where 2 Killer Inmates Escaped Is Under Investigation for Alleged Drug Smuggling Ring
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating an alleged drug smuggling ring that operated at the upstate New York prison where two killers escaped, the New York Post reports. “The FBI is investigating the prison for drug trafficking. Agents are re-interviewing inmates and prison workers who have already been interviewed by state investigators,” a…
Justice Department Blasts Police for Violating Rights During Ferguson Protests
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department blasted the police response to the Ferguson protests and riots, saying police violated free-speech rights, antagonized and intimidated crowds with military-style tactics and protected officers from being held accountable, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The police were accused of “vague and arbitrary” orders to force protesters to move,…