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FBI Informant’s Ties to Cyberattacks Abroad Raise Questions About Bureau’s Intentions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Is the FBI using hackers to gain access to intelligence overseas? The New York Times reports that an FBI informant launched hundreds of cyberattacks on foreign websites, including ones run by other governments, even as the bureau tried to dismantle hacking groups like Anonymous. New information indicates that the cyberattacks even targeted…
FBI Seeks Public’s Help Searching for Victims of Serial Child Molestor
Steve Neavling ricklethethewire.com It’s a nightmare for any parent or law enforcement officer: A suspecedt serial child molester traveled the globe teaching young children. Now the FBI is beginning the arduous task of tracking down what could be up to 90 victims, the New York Daily News reports. The FBI turned to the public Tuesday…
Defense Team: FBI’s Attempt to Gather Information from Suspects’ Attorney Has Serious Ramifications
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Defense attorneys for five defendants accused of helping orchestrate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks warned of “staggering” implications after divulging that the FBI tried to recruit a member of the defense team. The Associated Press reports that the defense team is urging the war crimes tribunal to aggressively pursue allegations of what…
Sore Loser Wrongly Claims His Video Game Opponent Killed Sister, Mother at Long Island Home
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not everyone responds well to losing. The FBI is searching for one sore loser who apparently was so upset when he lost in an online video game that he called authorities, pretending to be the teen who beat him in Call of Duty. The prank caller told police Tuesday that he was…
San Francisco Gate: Offering Clemency to Low-Level Drug Offenders Is Long Overdue
By San Francisco Gate Editorial Board When Barack Obama ran for the White House in 2008, federal inmates and their families believed that if he won, miracles would follow. They were convinced that the former law professor and critic of federal mandatory minimum sentences would be liberal with his unfettered constitutional power to free low-level…
American Muslims Claim FBI Placed Them on No-Fly List for Refusing to Be Informants
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com No one has accused Naveed Shinwari of breaking the law. But that hasn’t stopped federal authorities from placing him on the no-fly list, which has prevented Shinwari from seeing his wife for the past 26 months, the Guardian reports. Shinwari said he believes he can’t fly because he’s refused to become an…
Al Jazeera: Obama Should Commute Stiff Sentences of Nonviolent Drug Offenders
By Daniel Denzir Al Jazeera Last month Don McIntosh, a journalist and friend of mine in Portland, Ore., posted on Facebook that his half brother Daniel McIntosh had just been sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for selling 954 kilograms of marijuana and money laundering as part of a 16-member pot-selling ring. “Our…
Wisconsin DOJ Let 43 Child Porn Cases Languish While Predators Were Free
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Wisconsin Department of Justice let at least 43 tips about suspected child pornography languish for four months or longer, compromising the investigations and keeping children in harm’s way, an internal investigation determined. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the number could be a lot higher, revealing a major lapse in judgment…