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David Laufman To Oversee Justice Department’s Increased Counterespionage Efforts
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com David Laufman, an experienced former federal prosecutor, will take over the Justice Department’s counterespionage efforts as part of a larger restructuring to put more of a focus on cyber attacks, Reuters reports. Laufman is expected to begin his job today as chief of the counterespionage section of the Justice Department’s national…
FBI Investigating Threat Against Ole Miss Trees, Shrubs Ahead of Rivalry
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As far as threats go, this isn’t the FBI’s most dire. The bureau launched an investigation into an anonymous letter that threatened someone would damage trees and shrubs in the Center of Ole Miss’ campus, the USA Today reports. “What’s going to happen to y’all on the field Saturday Aint nothing…
Houston-Area Investigators Accused of Stealing Valuable Comics while working embezzlement case
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Houston-area investigators were working on an embezzlement case when authorities said the men helped themselves to hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of rare comic, the Associated Press reports. Dustin Deutsch, 41, and Lonnie Blevins, 39, are accused of stealing the vintage comics from an evidence storage unit in 2012…
ISIS Supporters Encourage Lone-Wolf Attacks in Areas Distracted by Ferguson Protests
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Islamic State supporters are calling on lone-wolf attacks in areas where law enforcement is distracted by unrest in the wake of the Ferguson grand jury decision, HSToday.com reports. The supporters are using social media to spread the message. In one tweet, Al Nusra Al Maqdisiyya, a popular group of pro-ISIS activists,…
ATF Investigates Intentionally Set Church Fire in Ferguson Where Brown’s Dad Attended
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF is investigating an intentionally set fire at a church where Michael Brown’s father regularly attended in Ferguson, Mo., the St Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The Flood Christian Church was among dozens of buildings that were torched following the grand jury’s decision not to indict the white police officer who shot…
2 FBI Agents Shot Near Unrest in Ferguson While Executing Search Warrant
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two FBI agents were shot while helping police execute a search warrant near Ferguson early Wednesday, Reuters reports. The FBI said the shooting was unrelated to the unrest in Ferguson, where protesters have been gathering for months after a white police officer shot an unarmed black teen. “The incident is not…
Two Young Minnesota Residents Charged in Alleged Attempt to Join, Help Islamic State
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two young Minnesota residents are accused of conspiring to join the radical group Islamic State and provide it with “material support,” Minnesota Public Radio reports. Abdullah Yusuf, 18, and Abdi Nur, 20, are facing federal conspiracy charges. Both were charged with “conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist…