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High-Ranking FBI Agent Makes ‘Comedy of Errors’ by Copyrighting Sensitive Records
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A high-ranking FBI agent made a series of baffling mistakes. For one, the agent filed a sensitive internal manual about secret interrogation practices with the Library of Congress, which means anyone with library card get access it without any redactions, Mother Jones reports. While the manual sat in a public The ACLU…
FBI Investigates Appearance of Signs with Rat in Connection with Trenton Mayor Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just days after Joseph “JoJo” Giorgianni took a plea deal and implicated the Trenton Mayor Tony Mack in a corruption scheme, professionally looking signs began popping up that displayed “JoJo” and a rat, NJ.com reports. The FBI is taking the signs seriously. “It’s more than crazy, it’s a serious crime,” Giorgianni’s attorney,…
Internal Report: Secret Service Does Not Have Problem with Widespread Sexual Misconduct
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After more than a dozen Secret Service agents and officers were implicated in a prostitution scandal, the agency’s inspector general sought to determine whether the male-dominated agency had widespread problems with sexual misconduct. The conclusion from the long-awaited report: The Secret Service does not have a widespread problem with sexual misconduct,…
Eye-Witness Accounts So Varying That Police Ask for FBI’s Help in Officer-Involved Shooting Death
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Eye-witness accounts can be wildly different, causing a headache for investigators. Take a St. Louis police-involved shooting that killed a young black man in April. Police interviewed about 12 witnesses, half of whom said they saw the shooting, the St. Louis Post Dispatch reports. Some said the young man, Cary Ball, had…
Border Patrol to Test High-Tech Surveillance Balloons Along Mexican Border
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Forget drones. The U.S. Border Patrol is testing the abilities of helium-filled balloons that were originally used by the Department of Defense for surveillance, the Associated Press reports. Don’t be confused by the seemingly simple technology of balloons. Aerostats, as they’re called, can identify the make, model and color of a car…
Secret Service Investigates Massive Breach of Credit Cards at Target During Holidays
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just as the holidays kick into high gear, Target is reporting a security breach involving stolen credit card and debit card information for millions of customers, the New York Times reports. The Secret Service is investigating a breach that apparently occurred on the day after Thanksgiving and may still be happening. Authorities…
How FBI Agents Tracked Down Harvard Student Accused of Making Bomb Threats
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI had a crisis on its hands. Several bomb threats were sent via email to Harvard University, causing the school to close buildings during final exams. The student accused of sending in the threat, sophomore Eldo Kim, took steps to hide his identity using two anonymity tools – the routing service Tor…