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ICE Employees Switch from BlackBerrys to iPhones for Better Technology
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After eight years of using BlackBerrys, the more than 17,000 employees at Immigration and Customs Enforcement are making the switch to the iPhone, the New York Times reports. The $2.1 million contract with Apple suggests that law enforcement no longer considers BlackBerrys to be more secure, New York Times reported. In fact,…
FBI Investigates Alleged Hate Crime After Black Woman Set on Fire in Louisiana Park
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating allegations of a hate crime after a 20-year-old black woman said she was set on fire by three men who scrawled KKK and a racial slur on her car in Louisiana, the Associated Press reports. More than half of Sharmeka Moffitt’s body was covered in burns – some…
Former CIA Officer to Plead Guilty to Revealing Identity of Undercover Operative
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As part of the Obama administration’s crackdown on leaks, a former CIA officer is expected to plead guilty today to a single charge of disclosing the identity of an undercover CIA operative, the Washington Post reports. John C. Kiriakou faces up to 30 years in prison for leaking sensitive national defense information…
Widow of Arizona Border Patrol Agent Writes Book about Coping with Loss
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The grieving wife of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent who was killed by a drunk driver in Arizona wrote a book about losing her husband, the Associated Press reports. The book, “Crazy Courage: A Young Widow’s Survival Guide,” is a guide for widows of fallen officers. “I heard myself sobbing uncontrollably, but…
John Kiriakou Plea Provokes Bitter Name-Calling Among Lawyers
By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON –– Is John Kiriakou a leaker or a patriotic whistleblower? Some rare, public name-calling among lawyers close to the case has broken out over the question. Some of the ex-CIA man’s most fervent supporters claim the government is persecuting a patriot who helped expose CIA water boarding and the…
Journalist Awarded Nearly $500,000 for FBI’s Failure to Turn Over Public Records
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Journalist and author Seth Rosenfeld spent a lot of time and money digging up FBI records since the mid-1980s, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The FBI’s refusal to turn over records turned out to be costly after a judge ruled last week that the bureau owed Rosenfeld nearly a half million dollars…
Former FBI Agent Goes on Trial in Fatal Drunken Driving Crash
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jury selection is to begin Monday in Prince George’s County, Md., in suburban D.C. for a former FBI agent accused of causing a drunken driving crash that killed an 18-year-old in February 2011, the Washington Examiner reports. Adrian N. Johnson, who was dismissed from the bureau shortly after the accident, faces nine…
Public Corruption Cases Take Off in Metro Atlanta Under Stronger Enforcement
Steve Neavlng ticklethewire.com An increased focus on public corruption has resulted in a surge in convictions in metro Atlanta, from a county commissioner who swapped a vote in exchange for $30,000 in casino chips to a detention officer who pocketed more than $26,000 by selling drugs at a jail, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The newspaper…