News Story
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…
FBI Looking for Computer-Savvy Agents to Combat Growing Threats of Cyberattacks
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com This isn’t J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI. A new criminal – a far more elusive one – is attacking companies, governments and personal computers. The rising number of cyberattacks has prompted the FBI to look for more computer-savvy agents who can “keep pace with the evolving threat” of hackers, the Boston Herald…
Man Accused of Threatening, Stalking FBI Agent to Appear in Court in Pittsburgh
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ron Bergrin bragged in an e-mail that he could easily destroy an FBI agent for her role in getting his cousin convicted and then sentenced for racketeering and homicide, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. “She thinks she’s living in a safe place, a place where nobody can find out where she lives…
Head of FBI’s Birmingham Office to Retire, Spend More Time with Family
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After 31 years of federal service, Richard D. Schwein Jr. is retiring as the head of Birmingham’s FBI office, AL.com reports. Schwein said he wants to spend more time with his family in North Carolina, where his wife and twin girls live. “I have decided my family needs me more than…
Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch Named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for 2014
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Loretta E. Lynch, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, has been named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for 2014. Lynch, who was appointed to the post by President Obama in 2010, is known as a solid leader with strong management skills. She has shown a…
FBI Agent Under Investigation for Fatally Shooting Dog in Maryland
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether one of its agents acted inappropriately when he fatally shot a dog that he said was attacking his smaller canine in Glen Burnie, Maryland, ABC News reports. The incident happened Friday after Carol Feldhaus said she was walking her Great Dane with her 4-year-old grandson when…
Border Patrol Beefs Up Security After Claim That Agent Kidnapped
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A claim that a Border Patrol agent was kidnapped by a Mexican cartel has prompted the agency to increase safety in some border towns, UPI reports. As new safety measures are taken, Border Patrol officials said no agents are missing from the Rio Grande Valley sector, but they are still trying…
President George W. Bush Paved Way for Weakened Secret Service
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service’s ability to carry out its duties to protect the president was compromised by the expansion of duties in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Washington Post reports. That explains the recent string of embarrassing security lapses, the Post reported, citing interviews and government documents….