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Retired Secret Service Agent Warned Florida School of Vulnerabilities 2 Months Before Shooting
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s some disturbing news. Two months before the massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, a retired Secret Service agent warned administrators that the school could be vulnerable to a gunman, the Sun Sentinel reports: Gates were unlocked. Students did not wear identification badges. A fire alarm could send students streaming into…
Two People Charged in Shooting of ATF Agent in Indiana
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two people have been charged in the shooting of an ATF agent in Gary, Ind., who was wounded during a shootout last Thursday. Blake King, age 19, of Chicago and Bernard Graham, age 25, of Calumet City, Ill., were charged last Friday in a criminal complaint. The charges include: Forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding,…
Majority of Cyber Experts Surveyed Oppose FBI Need for Built-in Way to Access Encrypted Data
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has says its inability to crack encrypted cellphones during investigations makes the country less safe. But 72 percent of 100 cybersecurity leaders from government, academia and the private sector surveyed by the Washington Post’s “Cybersecurity 202” disagree. The survey showed a broad opposition to the FBI’s demand that device…
Former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh: The GOP Must Speak Out To Protect the Mueller Probe
Dick Thornburgh served as U.S. attorney general from 1988 to 1991. By Dick Thornburgh For the Washington Post As a lifelong Republican, I am proud that my party has consistently revered the rule of law as a central tenet of our country’s values. I have been honored to serve under seven presidents, including as U.S. attorney…
Secret Service Watching Over Donald Trump Jr.’s Date Nights in New York
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The New York Daily News reports that witnesses have seen what appears to be a black U.S. Secret Service car parked outside Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Central Park West apartment. She’s dating Donald Trump Jr. The Daily News reports: For the fourth straight Tuesday, Donald Trump Jr. enjoyed a date night with Fox News…
ATF Agent Shot and Wounded in Undercover Operation in Northwest Indiana
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An ATF agent was shot and wounded during an undercover operation Thursday in Gary, Ind., the agency confirmed on Twitter. Agents from the Chicago Field Division were “ambushed” while conducting an undercover operation in Gary, Indiana, Brendan Iber, assistant special agent in charge of ATF’s Chicago division, told reporters, according to the…
DEA Creates Omaha Division Office, In Part to Battle Opioids
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The DEA is establishing an Omaha Field Division, its 23rd division office in the nation. The division will include Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. “In January, DEA reorganized its field divisions for the first time in nearly 20 years. Today, just five months later, we are adding another…