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DEA Investigator Received Sexual Favors in Exchange for Bogus Offers of Reduced Sentences
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal methamphetamine cases against 11 people may be in limbo after a DEA investigator in Roanoke, Va., admitted he received sexual favors in exchange for bogus offers of reduced sentences, WDBJ 7 reports. Kevin Moore admitted the offenses two weeks ago, and now many of the cases have been delayed to…
Parker: The Bicentennial of U. S, Attorney’s Office in Eastern Michigan
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. He is the author of the book “Carving Out the Rule of Law: The History of the United States Attorney’s Office in Eastern Michigan 1815–2008″. By Ross…
FBI Maintains North Korea Was Mastermind Behind Sony Hack Despite Other Evidence
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is not backing down on its claim that North Korea was the mastermind behind the disruptive Sony studio hack, the New York Post reports. The bureau’s insistence comes after a growing number of private cyber-security firms are saying there is no evidence to conclude North Korea was the mastermind….
FBI Investigates Lizard Squad After Massive Hack Attack on PlayStation, Xbox
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has launched an investigation into Lizard Squad, an online group that took credit for the massive disruption of PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, Venture Beat reports. Sony apparently lost millions of dollars in lost transactions while the network was knocked offline for extended periods of time. “The FBI is…
Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Threatened to Kill Officers, FBI Agents
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man who threatened on a video to kill police and FBI agents was fatally shot by police after they said they feared for their lives, the Associated Press reports. Authorities said police were planning to executive a search warrant after the video surfaced. Police spotted the man near his suburban…
Border Patrol’s Recruitment of Women Gets 5,500 Female Applicants for Jobs
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A recruitment effort to hire more women into Border Patrol is paying off as CBP announced recently that it received applications from 5,500 female applicants, Federal News Radio 1500 AM. The agency’s ranks of 21,000 agents only include about 5% women. CBP wants more female agents, partly because more women are…
Adviser: President Obama Would Block 2015 Homeland Security Spending if Amnesty Order Cut
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama said he won’t hesitate to block 2015 funding for Homeland Security if Republicans try to tinker with his executive amnesty along the border, The Huffington Post reports. Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer said the president would “absolutely not” sign a 2015 spending bill if there are limits on the amnesty…
FBI Agents Briefed on Theory That Disgruntled Sony Workers Staged Cyberattack – Not North Korea
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents investigating the cyberattack on Sony Pictures were brief Monday on an alternative theory that points the finger at disgruntled, laid-off staff – not North Korea – as the culprits of the devastating hack, Politico reports. Security firm Norse provided the information and said the U.S. jumped the gun by blaming…