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Opinion: Congress Should Promptly End NSA Phone Surveillance
By Eugene Robinson Washington Post From the evidence so far, there’s no good reason to let the National Security Agency (NSA) continue its massively intrusive practice of logging our private phone calls. Congress should pull the plug. I’m not ignoring all the officials, including President Obama, who swear that the electronic snooping has foiled…
NSA Outlines Rules for Using Phone, Internet Surveillance on U.S. Citizens
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The NSA, which has come under fire for its widespread use of surveillance, may keep copies of intercepted material involving an American if it contains evidence of a crime or significant intelligence, the Associated Press reports on the agency’s secret rules. The documents, published by The Guardian in the latest leak, require…
President Obama to Announce Nomination of James Comey to Head of FBI Today
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama today plans to make the long-anticipated announcement that he’s nominating James B. Comey, a senior Justice department under President George W. Bush, to take the helm at the FBI, White House officials told The New York Times. The administration’s plan is to convince the Senate to conform Comey by…
Possible Human Remains Found at Former Home of Mobster Who Inspired ‘Goodfellas’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents searching for evidence of a 30-year-old mob murder said they found possible human remains in a New York home once occupied by a famous gangster, the Associated Press reports. The Queens house was once home to James Burke, a Lucchese crime family associate known as “Jimmy the Gent” and…
FBI’s Mueller: Bureau Uses Surveillance Drones Domestically in ‘Very, Very Minimal Way’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Outgoing FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged for the first time that the bureau uses surveillance drones inside the U.S., the L.A. Times reports. Testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Mueller said remotely piloted aircraft are used “in a very, very minimal way and very seldom.” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, called…
CBP Employees Dodge Furloughs with Congressional Approval
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Customs and Border workers won’t be forced to take furloughs this year as originally feared, Government Executive reports. CBP employees, who initially faced 14 furlough days in fiscal 2013, dodged the forced days off through appropriations approved by Congress. It was good news for the more than 20,000 CBP workers who feared…
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For style mavens, dressing children is just another way to flex their creative muscles and demonstrate their sartorial nous. Their little darlings’ wardrobes are carefully edited mixes of Breton tops (from COS and Petit Bateau), traditional knits (from Caramel Baby Child or The Little White Company) and perfectly plain chinos. While many parents dress their…