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FBI Uses E-mail Communications Collected by NSA without Warrants
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has been quietly using information gathered during warrantless NSA surveillance to comb through emails belonging to foreigners to assist in investigations, the New York Times reports. The Times discovered the FBI was gathering copies of unprocessed communications that were received without a warrant. The Inspector General report commended the…
Former FBI Agent Reveals Tricks of Influencing People in Everyday Life
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A good FBI agent can make friends with just about anyone. Now a former agent, Jack Schafer, is sharing the tricks of the trade in a new book, “The Like Switch,” which is written for people to use in their everyday lives. Schafer, who worked as behavioral therapist for the bureau…
FBI Records: Radical American-Born Muslim Spent Thousands on Prostitutes
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A radical American-born Muslim who trained to fight the “evil” ways of western civilization spent thousands of dollars on prostitutes in the U.S., the Daily Mail reports, citing leaked FBI records. Anwar al-Awlaki, a married father of five who the Daily Mail says inspired the terrorists behind the Charlie Hebdo attacks…
Newsday Editorial: Now Is No Time to Play Political Games with Homeland Security
By Newsday Editorial Board The massacre in Paris last week by homegrown French terrorists and the ensuing dragnet to find those responsible have dramatically underscored the need for unstinting vigilance to keep the United States safe. But the Department of Homeland Security will run out of money by the end of next month if additional…
Former TSA Officer Tells of ‘Pained Relationship with Government Security’
By Jason Edward Harrington The Week My pained relationship with government security started in 2007. I needed a job to help pay my way through college in Chicago, and the Transportation Security Administration’s callback, for a job as a security officer at O’Hare International Airport, was the first one I received. It was just a temporary…
Weekend Series on Crime: The Real Goodfella, Henry Hill
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Denver Post: Justice Department Must End Crusade Against Reporters
By Denver Post Editorial Board All of the conciliatory talk from the Justice Department about leaving journalists out of its war on leaks appears to be just that — talk. That’s the only logical answer to the question of why New York Times reporter James Risen was on the witness stand in federal court Monday, being asked…
Republicans Use Paris Terror Attack to Go After Obama’s Immigration Plan
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not even six hours passed before politicians began injecting the terrorist attack in Paris into budget debates. CNN reports that Republicans are trying to add ammunition to their upcoming budgetary battle with Democrats by claiming President Obama’s new immigration policies hamper Homeland Security’s fight against terrorism. Republicans are expected to unveil…