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FBI Agents to Begin Recording Interrogations After Long Policy Against It
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Overturning an FBI policy that is as old as the bureau, the Justice Department is now requiring the FBI in most cases to make audio or video recordings while interrogating suspects in custody, the Arizona Republic reports. Since the FBI’s creation in 1908, agents have been barred from making audio recordings of…
The Abrupt and Fearless Character of FBI Special Agent Charles Winstead
By Larry Wack Retired FBI agent The role of FBI special agent, Charles B. Winstead in the shooting and killing of John Dillinger is widely known today. The 1934 incident outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago catapulted Director J. Edgar Hoover and the Bureau to the front pages during the “war on crime” and brought…
Watch Trailer for Upcoming Film, ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service,” Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Firth
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The upcoming film, “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” is about an international intelligence agency that recruits a wayward youth played by Taron Egerton. The film also stars Colin Firth, Michael Caine and Samuel L. Jackson. The trailer was released Tuesday.
FBI Director: Don’t Let Marijuana Stop You from Applying to Bureau Jobs
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It seems some of the FBI’s best hacker recruits also like to smoke marijuana. The Washington Times reports that the FBI says its no-tolerance pot policy is hurting the bureau’s ability to recruit the best and brightest hackers. “I have to hire a great work force to compete with those cyber criminals,…
Justice Department to Reveal Secret Memo Justifying Drone Strikes Against Americans
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When is the government authorized to use drones to kill U.S. Citizens overseas? The Justice Department, which has resisted the release of the information, said Tuesday it won’t block the release of a secret drone memo, the USA Today reports. That decision was made easier because the memo’s author, former Justice Department…
Border Patrol Agents Imprisoned for Killing Unarmed Drug Smuggler Make Controversial Endorsements
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Most politicians don’t boast about endorsements from felons. That’s not the case for Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, who featured in a commercial the endorsements of two former Border Patrol agents who were sent to prison for killing an unarmed drug smuggler, the Dallas Morning News reports. Conservatives have largely opposed the prosecution…
Cost Overruns, Delays May Kill $3 Billion Project to Build New Homeland Security Headquarters
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The news keeps getting worse for a massive new headquarters for Homeland Security in Washington. The Washington Post reports that the project is now 11 years behind schedule, $1.5 billion over budget and may never be finished. The call for a new, centralized headquarters came in the aftermath of the Sept. 11,…
Justice Department Criminally Charges Five Chinese Military Officials with Hacking
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has charged five Chinese military officials with cyber-espionage after allegedly hacking into American companies’ computers in an attempt to steal trade secrets. BBC reports that the army officials are accused of stealing trade secrets and internal documents from five U.S. companies and a labor union. China quickly denied the…