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Parker: Supreme Court Was Pretty Good To Law Enforcement This Year
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. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com With a couple of notable exceptions the Supreme Court continued to be good to law enforcement in general this past year…
FBI Recovers Millions of Dollars Worth of Paintings Missing for 6 Years
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A joint investigation by the FBI and the Los Angeles Police Department led to the recovery of nine paintings totaling million of dollars that had been stolen six years ago from the home of an elderly couple, Reuters reports. The FBI arrested the 45-year-old suspect, Paul Espinoza, after an undercover agent…
U.S. Authorities: North Korea Was ‘Centrally Involved’ in Sony Hacking Attack
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. authorities believe the North Korean government was “centrally involved” in the recent hacking attacks on Sony Pictures because of anger over a comedy that was about to be released, the Boston Globe reports. The determination by U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, coincided with Sony’s decision to cancel…
FBI, Casino Regulator Criticized fo Failing to Get Warrant for Evidence Seizure
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and a Nevada casino regulator entered Ceasars Palace posed as Internet repairman and gathered evidence against suspects in an allegedly illegal online gambling operation without ever consulting with a judge, according to testimony in the case. The Associated Press reports that Nevada Gaming Control Board Special Agent Ricardo Lopez…
Slate Takes a Look at What It’s Like to be a U.S. Marshal Through Photographs and Words
By Jordan G. Teicher Slate The U.S. marshals currently employ just 5,431 people nationwide, but they get a lot done: In 2013, the organization arrested more 110,000 fugitives, moved federal prisoners nearly 300,000 times, and cleared more than 134,000 warrants. Brian Finke witnessed some of that activity firsthand over the course of three years shadowing…
Movie Theater Operators on Edge After Threat Delivered to Sony Over Film
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Operators of movie theaters are on edge after the group that hacked Sony last month purportedly theater to unleash violence at upcoming screenings of “The Interview.” But Homeland Security said Tuesday that it’s unaware of any plot to attack movie theaters, Fortune reports. The hacking group left reporters a note, warning…
Terrorists Still Fixated on Bombing Planes Despite Successful Attempts to Thwart Them
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Bill Would Require Every Police Killing to Be Tallied by Justice Department
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Without a federal requirement to disclose police killings, it’s impossible to know how many cops kill civilians in any given year. That could change under new legislation that would require all police departments to report law-enforcement killing to the Justice Department, Essence reports. Currently the FBI keeps a tally on the…