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FBI Busts Russian Agents Accused of Spying on U.S. from NYC
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI said Monday it broke up a Russian spy ring in New York City, arresting the alleged ringleader and forcing two others to leave the country, The Washington Post reports. Evgeny Buryakov was charged with conspiracy to act and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government after he…
Justice Department Builds Secret Database to Spy on Millions of Cars
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A license plate tracking program established to seize cars and money to combat drug trafficking has gone far beyond its original scope and has led to the collection and storage of millions of records about motorists, Reuters reports. Not only is the database being used to track drug dealers, but state…
Tim Steller: Unsealed Jay Dobyns Files Look Bad for DOJ
By Tim Steller Arizona Daily Star Retired ATF agent Jay Dobyns’ lawsuit against the federal government alleged they broke a settlement deal with him and mistreated him, in part by calling him a suspect in the 2008 arson of his own Tucson home. Newly unsealed documents in his case suggest that the government misbehaved during…
Drone Found on White House Grounds
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With the security breaches of recent, this is not very heartening. ABC News reports that a small drone was found on the White House grounds overnight. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the situation “does not pose any sort of ongoing threat,” according to ABC News. The Secret Service is…
FBI Drama About ‘Young, Sexy’ Recruits to Premiere on ABC This Season
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new drama about a group of “young, sexy” FBI recruits has been picked up by ABC in what will be a busy pilot season, A.V. Club reports. The show, Quantico, features the recruits at a real-life training center. But there’s a twist. “One of the recruits turns out to be…
Is Terrorism the FBI’s Top Priority in Indianapolis? Field Office Head Says Yes
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What’s the FBI’s most pressing concern in Indianapolis? Not public corruption, violent crime or the protection of civil liberties. According to Jay Abbott, director of the Indianapolis field office, the FBI’s most urgent issue in Indianapolis is terrorism, he told RTV6 ABC in an exclusive interview. Abbott said the attack on…
Who Tweeted a Bomb Threat That Triggered F-16 Jets to Escort Commercial Aircraft?
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a bomb threat made in a tweet that prompted the U.S. military to send F-16 fighter aircraft to escort two jets bound for Atlanta on Saturday, the Associated Press reports. The threats involved a Southwest Airlines flight from Milwaukee and a Delta Air Lines flight from Portland,…
WikiLeaks Journalists Face Serious Charges After Google Hands Over Information
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three WikiLeaks journalists are facing charges of espionage and conspiracy after Google turned over their confidential data to the U.S. government, WikiLeaks announced on its site Monday morning. The whistleblower organization now wants an explanation from both Google and the Justice Department. “The US government is claiming universal jurisdiction to apply…