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FBI Investigating Massive Cyberattack on Premera Health Insurance Company
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a large cyberattack on the Premera health insurance company after concerns that personal and financial information of nearly 11 million customers has been compromised, ABC News reports. Premera said there’s no evidence yet that data was used “inappropriately.” The company discovered the “sophisticated attack” nearly seven weeks…
Letter Addressed to White House Headed to Third Round of Testing for Cyanide
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Did an envelope addressed to the White House contain cyanide? It’s going to take a third round of testing after the initial biological testing came back negative but a follow-up test found a “presumptive positive” for the deadly poison, the Secret Service said. The New York Times reports that the letter…
Boston Globe: FBI Should Re-Open City’s ‘Most Notorious Unsolved Mystery’
By The Boston Globe Editorial Board After Decades of frustration, the FBI ought to try opening its files on the Gardner Museum heist in hopes that fresh vision will help crack Boston’s most notorious unsolved mystery. The theft of 13 priceless works of art, including Rembrandt’s “Storm on the Sea of Galilee,” 25 years ago…
Missouri Lt. Gov. Kinder: DOJ Is More Racist Than St. Louis, Ferguson
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said the Justice Department is “obsessed with race” and has demonstrated more racism than “than anywhere I see in the St. Louis area,” The Huffington Post reports. Kinder claims protests over the death of Michael Brown are “based on a lie” and have been exacerbated by…
Border Patrol Tries New Approach, Trading Gun And Cuffs for Coat and Tie
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Mexican immigrants think of the Border Patrol, they often think of agents in green uniform with a gun, handcuffs and a baton. Intimidating figures. Now the agency is taking a more humanitarian approach and is urging immigrants to dissuade others from crossing the border because it is more dangerous and…
Secret Service Director to Face Tough Questions Today Following More Problems
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not many people want to be in Joe Clancy’s shoes. The longtime agent that President Obama recently appointed to lead the beleaguered Secret Service will face tough questions from lawmakers today over the latest embarrassment to hit the agency. Clancy is scheduled to appear before the House Appropriations Committee for a…
Ronald Kessler: Reform the Secret Service
Ronald Kessler is a former Washington Post reporter and the author of “The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents.” By Ronald Kessler Washington Post When Michaele and Tareq Salahi crashed a White House state dinner five years ago, President Obama said he “could not have more confidence” in…
Dallas Mavericks Richard Jefferson Seeks Help from FBI Following $2M Theft
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is reportedly investigating the theft of money from Dallas Mavericks forward Richard Jefferson. The New York Post reports that Jefferson accused his former business manager of stealing $2 million from his bank credit line. Jefferson recorded a covert call to Ted Kritza in which he confessed. Jefferson reported the…