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Congress Should Return Secret Service to Treasury’s Oversight After Blunders
Michael D. Langan Special to the Buffalo News It is time for Treasury defenders in Congress to return the Secret Service to Treasury’s oversight. When I served as senior adviser to the under secretary for enforcement at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1988 to 1998, the Secret Service was one of the proud…
Facebook to DEA: Setting Up Fake Accounts to Capture Suspects Violates Policies
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA’s decision to set up a fake account on Facebook by stealing a woman’s identity was a “knowing and serious breach” of the social networks’ terms and policies, the company wrote in a letter to the DEA. Gizmodo reports that Facebook will enforce its policy of users creating accounts under…
Nazi War Criminals Continued Collecting Social Security Benefits from U.S.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com At least 38 suspected Nazi war criminals removed from the U.S. continued receiving their Social Security benefits as part of a strange deal struck with the Justice Department, the Seattle Times reports. One of them is former Auschwitz guard Jakob Denzinger, who fled to Germany and still collects about $1,500 a…
TSA Agent on Leave After Patting Down Ebola Patient at Cleveland Airport
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A TSA agent who patted down an Ebola patient at a Cleveland airport is on paid leave as a precaution, 19 Action News reports. The agency said the agent performed a routine-pat-down of Amber Vinson at Hopkins Airport. Vinson is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. “Out of…
FBI Director: Google, Apple Have ‘Gone Too Far’ with Encrypted Software
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that Apple and Google have “gone too far” by offering cell phones that are fully encrypted, the New York Times reports. Comey hinted that federal action should be taken to prevent companies from offering phones that make it impossible for law enforcement to access e-mails,…
Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole to Step Down, Take Job in Private Sector
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is about to lose another high-ranking officials. Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, second-in-command, announced Thursday that he’s taking a job in the private sector, the Washington Post reports. The Post said possible successors include Sally Quillian Yates, who is U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia,…
TSA Administrator Pistole to Retire After More Than 4 Years at Helm
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Pistole, head of the TSA, will retire after leading the agency for more than four years, Reuters reports. Pistole was in charge of 60,000 employees and security operations at more than 415 airports nationwide. Pistole “has been integral in leading TSA’s transformation to a risk-based, intelligence-driven counterterrorism agency dedicated to…