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FBI Is Spying on Terrorism and Child Porn Suspects by Hacking Computers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is in the business of hacking computers. Kind of. NBC reports that the FBI is installing malware and spyware on computers belonging to suspected terrorists or pedophiles, which allows agents to send a virus or other malware to spy on the suspects. The hacking is so sophisticated that the FBI…
Justice Department Files First Charges in Attack on U.S. Consulate in Benghazi
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly a year after protesters barged into the U.S. consulate in Benghazi , Libya, and killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, the Justice Department filed the first criminal charges in the case, the Washington Post reports. According to numerous reports, the Justice Department filed an unspecified number of counts…
Deliberations Reach Second Day in Discrimination Suit Involving Missing Arm
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jurors may decide as early as today whether Army Ranger Justin Slaby, who had his arm blown off, was unfairly denied a job with the FBI because of his prosthetic arm, the Wall Street Journal reports. Deliberations of the eight-person jury began Tuesday. Slaby, 30, says he was fired after the…
Racketeering, Murder Trial of Accused Mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger Goes to Deliberations Today
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A jury will begin deliberating today in the nearly month-long racketeering and murder trial against suspected mobster James “Whitey” Bulger after both sides delivered extensive closing arguments Monday, CNN reports. Bulger, who is accused of participating in 19 murders as the head of the former Winter Hill Gang, was called one…
Chechen Father Arrives in U.S. to Sue FBI Over Death of His Son in Orlando
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The father of the Chechen man killed during an FBI interview at his home in Florida is suing the bureau for the wrongful death of his 27-year-old son, Time reports. Abdulbaki Todashev, who lives in Chechnya, arrived in Tampa Monday to begin filing the suit with the help of the ACLU. Todashev’s…
Jury to Decide Whether Prosthetic Hand Made Man Unfit for FBI in Discrimination Suit
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Was a former Army Ranger who had his hand blown off in a training accident unsuitable for the FBI? A jury is expected to make that decision today in the discrimination case filed by Justin Slaby, who said he was ejected from an FBI training academy after authorities learned he had…
Head of U.S. Border Patrol in Blaine Was Removed from His Position
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John C. Bates, the head of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Blaine Sector, was removed from his post Monday after serving for six years as chief patrol agent for the sector, the Bellingham Herald reports. The reason, however, remained a mystery this morning after authorities declined to say what happened. Bates was in…
Robert Foley, Head of FBI’s Detroit Office, is Stepping Down Because of Family Illness
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Detroit’s FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Foley, whose family home was custom built in the Motor City when he took the job nearly a year ago, told the Detroit Free Press today that he is stepping down. But the East Coast native isn’t leaving the FBI; he’s taking a job fighting…