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Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting FBI Agents at Gas Station in Las Vegas
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man accused of ramming his truck into a car carrying two FBI agents pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday, the Las Vegas Review Journal reports. Yatnier Gonzalez, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of assault on a federal officer. He will be sentenced on March 12. The two agents are…
FBI Seeks New Authority to Hack into Computers, Spy on Users Anywhere
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is seeking new authority to hack into computers and spy on their users, the Guardian reports. The Justice Department is requesting that an obscure regulatory advisory board change the rules of searches and seizures. The two will meet Nov. 5. Civil liberties groups claim the new rules would violate…
First-Amendment Lawyer: AG Eric Holder Has Some Wrongs to Correct Before Leaving
By David A. Schulz For Washington Post As Eric Holder reflects on his six years as attorney general, one disturbing aspect of his legacy should give him significant pause. On Holder’s watch, legal protections traditionally afforded to communications between reporters and sources have been torn down, potentially damaging for years to come the media’s ability…
Attorney General Holder Says Ferguson Police Department Needs ‘Wholesale Change’
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. called for “wholesale change” in the Ferguson Police Department, the Associated Press reports. Holder sad in a question-and-answer session with a newspaper at the Washington Ideas Forum that serious changes are needed. “I think it’s pretty clear that the need for wholesale change in that…
Video: Right-Wing Artist Interviewed by Secret Service over Bizarre Tweets
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service paid a visit to an anti-Obama artist because of some unusual tweets. And most of the interview was caught on video. Th artist known as Sabo aroused suspicion following several tweets. One of them involved bringing Harvey Lee Oswald back from the dead as a zombie. Other Stories…
Seattle Times: FBI ‘Obliterated a Line That Should Have Never Been Crossed’ with Fake News Site
By Seattle Times Editorial Board The Associated Press has a well-earned reputation as an independent, credible government watchdog. That’s why the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s appropriation of that credibility in a 2007 case obliterated a line that should never have been crossed. The laudable end — conviction of a student making school bomb threats —…
FBI Agents Impersonated Repairmen to Gain Access to Computers in Las Vegas Hotel
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents acted against the recommendation of an assistant U.S. attorney and impersonated repair technicians at a Las Vegas hotel to investigate online sports betting, the Associated Press reports. The agents shut off the Internet at a Las Vegas hotel to make it appears as though the computer and hardware needed…
Homeland Security Official Who Investigated Prostitution Scandal Accused of Hiring Prostitute
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal investigator in charge of a prostitution scandal involving the Secret Service in 2012 has stepped down after surveillance allegedly caught him with a prostitute in Florida, the New York Daily News reports. Homeland Security investigator David Nieland resigned Aug. 9, ostensibly for health reasons. But federal officials…